MT · 2024 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Malta, 2024

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
0.5%
Malta, 2024
▲ 25.0% vs 2023 (0.4%)
Analysis

In 2024, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 25.0% compared to 2023, reaching 0.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.5%.

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 16.7% (from 0.6% in 2019).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
33.3%
EU-27: 1.5%
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024