Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) in Malta
Malta: Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) was 9,352 million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ in Malta, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Malta is 9,352 million USD, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.1% on the previous year and up 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Malta peaked at 9,352 million USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,697 million USD, in 2001.
That places Malta 83rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) in Malta, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,697 million USD | — |
| 2002 | 1,850 million USD | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 2,447 million USD | +32.3% |
| 2004 | 2,554 million USD | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 2,716 million USD | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 2,871 million USD | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 3,265 million USD | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 3,850 million USD | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 3,593 million USD | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 3,629 million USD | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 4,044 million USD | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 3,988 million USD | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 4,306 million USD | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 4,681 million USD | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 4,272 million USD | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 4,244 million USD | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,646 million USD | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 5,479 million USD | +17.9% |
| 2019 | 5,709 million USD | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 6,903 million USD | +20.9% |
| 2021 | 7,784 million USD | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 7,253 million USD | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 8,127 million USD | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 9,352 million USD | +15.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 9,352 million USD is below the median for high income countries, which is 105,516 million USD, 9% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Malta's 9,352 million USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47,539 million USD, 20% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,760 million USD | 1,697 million USD | 3,850 million USD | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,500 million USD | 3,629 million USD | 5,709 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,884 million USD | 6,903 million USD | 9,352 million USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 80 Georgia 11,228 million USD compare
- 81 El Salvador 11,222 million USD compare
- 82 Turkmenistan 10,022 million USD compare
- 84 Afghanistan 9,096 million USD compare
- 85 Uganda 9,000 million USD compare
- 86 Mongolia 8,847 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Malta
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -36.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.35 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.51 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0128 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 611.63 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.5772 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0093 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 446.61 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.79 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Malta?
- Total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Malta was 9,352 million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total expenditure (general government) — value us$ recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 9,352 million USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest total expenditure (general government) — value us$ recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,697 million USD in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for total expenditure (general government) — value us$?
- Malta ranks 83rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total expenditure (general government) — value us$ rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.