Malta's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) was 5.91% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.89 percentage points from 7.81% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.91% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 11.99% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.81% | 2015 |
| Highest | 12.48% | 2008 |
| Lowest | -3.51% | 2009 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.18% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.75% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malta's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) rose 1.15 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.76% to 5.91%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.62 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.99 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Malta had the 35th highest value of the 129 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Malta | 5.91% | 2025 |
| World | 2.79% | 2024 |
| High income | 2.76% | 2024 |
Closest to Malta in the 2025 ranking
- India — 31st of 129: 6.57%
- Sudan — 32nd of 129: 6.02%
- Congo, Rep. — 33rd of 129: 5.93%
- Benin — 35th of 129: 5.72%
- Ukraine — 36th of 129: 5.7%
- North Macedonia — 37th of 129: 5.34%
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.91 |
| 2024 | 4.76 |
| 2023 | 3.73 |
| 2022 | -0.1941 |
| 2021 | 5.65 |
| 2020 | 11.99 |
| 2019 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 8.64 |
| 2017 | 6.71 |
| 2016 | 5.55 |
| 2015 |
General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 2.55% (2025)
- Bahrain — -2.41% (2024)
- Djibouti — -4.53% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — -1.97% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — -0.69% (2025)
- Iraq — 19.04% (2024)
- Israel — 1.68% (2025)
- Kuwait — 2.26% (2024)
- Lebanon
More economic policy & debt data for Malta
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.54 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.49 billion (2025)
- Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 46.54% (2023)
- Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 1.23% (2023)
- Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) — 6.47% (2023)
- Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing) — 30.86% (2023)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$14.36 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 51.71% (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malta's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)?
- 5.91% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 4.16 percentage points from 1.75% in 2001. The highest value was 12.48% in 2008 and the lowest -3.51% in 2009.
- How does Malta rank?
- 35th highest of 129 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) unusual for Malta?
- In 2025, Malta's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) rose 1.15 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.76% to 5.91%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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