MT · 2022 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2022
In 2022, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.0% compared to 2021, reaching 9.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.3%.
Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.8% (from 10.4% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.