General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2005, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 0.8% compared to 2004, reaching 13.2%.

Malta ranks 17th 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 6.5% (from 12.4% in 2000).

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