General government expenditure by function

In 2024, Malta's general government expenditure by function increased by 0.0% compared to 2023, reaching 5.00.

Malta accounts for 67.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.40.

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 2.0% (from 5.10 in 2019).

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