General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2008, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2007, reaching 5.2%.

Malta ranks 18th 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 5.5% (from 5.5% in 2003).

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