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Malta: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
36.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 37.1%
Average, 2016–2025
36.6%10 years
Record high and low
45.1% (2003)low 32.6% (2017)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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32%34%36%38%40%42%44%46%1995200020052010201520202025MaltaMalta
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202536.9
202437.1
202335.6
202238.2
202139.2
202041.9
201934.7
201834.3
201732.6
201635.3

Sources

  • World Development Indicators1995–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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