General government expenditure by function

In 2019, Malta's general government expenditure by function increased by 4.1% compared to 2018, reaching 5.10.

Malta accounts for 72.9% of the EU-27 total of 7.00.

Malta ranks 19th 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 7.3% (from 5.50 in 2014).

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