General government expenditure by function (COFOG)

In 2009, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 5.3% compared to 2008, reaching 14.0%.

Malta ranks 22nd 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 6.9% (from 13.1% in 2004).

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