General government expenditure by function

In 2014, Malta's general government expenditure by function increased by 1.9% compared to 2013, reaching 5.50.

Malta accounts for 77.5% of the EU-27 total of 7.10.

Malta ranks 18th 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 10.0% (from 5.00 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.