MT · 2020 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2020
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
6.6%
Malta, 2020
▲ 29.4% vs 2019 (5.1%)
Analysis
In 2020, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 29.4% compared to 2019, reaching 6.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 8.0%.
Malta ranks 16th 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 22.2% (from 5.4% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
82.5%
EU-27: 8.0%
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · gov_10a_exp