Malta (2025)
17.3
% of GDP (current prices)
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Malta Government Consumption (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP (current prices) YoY Change
2025 17.3 +0.5pp
2024 16.8 +0.4pp
2023 16.4 -1.2pp
2022 17.6 -0.7pp
2021 18.3 -1.4pp
2020 19.7 +2.8pp
2019 16.9 +0.9pp
2018 16 +0.2pp
2017 15.8 -1.1pp
2016 16.9 unchanged
2015 16.9 -1pp
2014 17.9 -0.1pp
2013 18 -1.2pp
2012 19.2 +0.3pp
2011 18.9 +0.3pp
2010 18.6 -0.7pp
2009 19.3 -0.1pp
2008 19.4 +1.5pp
2007 17.9 -0.6pp
2006 18.5 +0.3pp

About this Dataset

Malta recorded 17.3 % of GDP (current prices) in 2025. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 15.8 in 2017 to 19.7 in 2020.

This page tracks government final consumption expenditure as a share of GDP in Malta from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks government final consumption expenditure as a share of GDP in Malta from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 19.7 % of GDP (current prices) in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of 15.8 in 2017. The latest reading of 17.3 in 2025 represents a change of +0.5pp.