MT · 2020 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Malta, 2020

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
0.5%
Malta, 2020
▼ 16.7% vs 2019 (0.6%)
Analysis

In 2020, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 16.7% compared to 2019, reaching 0.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.3%.

Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 37.5% (from 0.8% in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
38.5%
EU-27: 1.3%
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
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