MT · 2022 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2022
In 2022, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 3.0% compared to 2021, reaching 38.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 49.2%.
Malta ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.1% (from 32.7% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.