Malta - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Malta was 4,661,300,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,349,341,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 88,353,140 in 1972.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 88,353,140
1973 95,364,540
1974 131,306,800
1975 148,870,300
1976 164,360,600
1977 189,867,200
1978 204,076,400
1980 248,241,300
1981 313,766,600
1982 356,394,100
1983 347,798,800
1984 351,688,800
1985 355,019,800
1986 369,392,000
1987 397,041,700
1988 430,351,700
1989 472,396,900
1990 1,216,885,000
1991 1,372,068,000
1992 1,517,592,000
1993 1,688,077,000
1994 1,861,654,000
1995 2,679,919,000
1996 2,953,566,000
1997 3,115,139,000
1998 3,244,964,000
1999 3,431,756,000
2000 3,656,452,000
2001 3,975,390,000
2002 4,124,756,000
2003 4,714,629,000
2004 4,643,653,000
2005 4,836,944,000
2006 5,068,169,000
2007 5,349,341,000
2008 2,595,717,000
2009 2,571,051,000
2010 2,695,687,000
2011 2,766,160,000
2012 2,954,638,000
2013 3,126,501,000
2014 3,343,074,000
2015 3,584,652,000
2016 3,705,467,000
2017 3,969,014,000
2018 4,359,136,000
2019 4,661,300,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Malta was 34.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 98.48 in 2003, while its lowest value was 24.68 in 1980.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 33.68
1973 32.12
1974 38.88
1975 35.00
1976 31.44
1977 30.85
1978 28.64
1980 24.68
1981 28.01
1982 30.07
1983 29.62
1984 29.72
1985 29.06
1986 28.12
1987 28.17
1988 27.65
1989 27.47
1990 64.53
1991 66.26
1992 67.60
1993 69.97
1994 70.53
1995 87.59
1996 92.02
1997 91.34
1998 89.41
1999 89.61
2000 88.04
2001 92.76
2002 91.34
2003 98.48
2004 94.85
2005 93.75
2006 93.80
2007 92.38
2008 41.83
2009 41.07
2010 39.55
2011 39.95
2012 40.12
2013 39.36
2014 38.20
2015 35.86
2016 34.99
2017 33.91
2018 34.63
2019 34.29

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance