General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.7% compared to 2005, reaching 6.1%.

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 grown by 27.1% (from 4.8% in 2001).

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