MT · 2024 · gov_10a_exp
General government expenditure by function (COFOG)
Malta, 2024
In 2024, Malta's general government expenditure by function (COFOG) increased by 2.1% compared to 2023, reaching 9.8%.
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 3.0% (from 10.1% in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_exp, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.