MT · 2016 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2016
In 2016, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) decreased by 2.6% compared to 2015, reaching 11.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.6%.
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 17.6% (from 13.6% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.