MT · 2018 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2018
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 17th 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.