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Malta: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
37.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 37.2%
Average, 2016–2025
36.7%10 years
Record high and low
45.2% (2003)low 32.7% (2017)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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32%34%36%38%40%42%44%46%19952000200520102015202020252030MaltaMalta
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203136.6Forecast
203036.7Forecast
202936.6Forecast
202836.6Forecast
202736.6Forecast
202636.6Forecast
202537.0
202437.2
202335.8
202238.4
202139.3
202042.0
201934.9
201834.5
201732.7
201635.5

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027

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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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