General government expenditure by function

In 2018, Malta's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 4.90.

Malta accounts for 71.0% of the EU-27 total of 6.90.

Malta ranks 20th 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 9.3% (from 5.40 in 2013).

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