General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2006, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 1.5% compared to 2005, reaching 13.4%.

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 3.1% (from 13.0% in 2001).

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