General government expenditure by function

In 2021, Malta's general government expenditure by function decreased by 7.6% compared to 2020, reaching 6.10.

Malta accounts for 76.3% of the EU-27 total of 8.00.

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 grown by 17.3% (from 5.20 in 2016).

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