Malta | Expense (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Malta
Records
63
Source
Malta | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 33.68385912
1973 32.11936509
1974 38.88325778
1975 34.99516902
1976 31.43755872
1977 30.85383106
1978 28.64301781
1979
1980 24.67742992
1981 28.01194346
1982 30.07196718
1983 29.61800404
1984 29.7221801
1985 29.06257385
1986 28.11905667
1987 28.17088922
1988 27.65030212
1989 27.46718918
1990 64.53344056
1991 66.25845702
1992 67.59946311
1993 69.97141837
1994 70.52677519
1995 94.14453987
1996 98.10556934
1997 93.07812232
1998 90.59589856
1999 88.88257828
2000 88.03997342
2001 92.76144433
2002 91.35067481
2003 98.48441785
2004 94.86262799
2005 93.80528975
2006 93.82417461
2007 92.42834283
2008 41.87915463
2009 41.09725156
2010 39.87148314
2011 40.97999864
2012 40.36395046
2013 39.61156911
2014 38.42700019
2015 35.99579313
2016 35.35728994
2017 33.51050437
2018 33.77440022
2019 33.06069992
2020 42.44704814
2021 40.64945425
2022
Malta | Expense (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Malta
Records
63
Source