General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2007, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2006, reaching 5.2%.

Malta ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.9% (from 5.9% in 2002).

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