MT · 2018 · gov_10a_exp

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

Malta, 2018

General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
4.4%
Malta, 2018
▲ 7.3% vs 2017 (4.1%)
Analysis

In 2018, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 7.3% compared to 2017, reaching 4.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.6%.

Malta ranks 18th 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 12.0% (from 5.0% in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
95.7%
EU-27: 4.6%
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