Malta - Goods and services expense (current LCU)

The value for Goods and services expense (current LCU) in Malta was 906,837,100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 906,837,100 in 2019 and a minimum value of 13,347,310 in 1986.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

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

Year Value
1972 20,801,300
1973 25,762,870
1974 28,628,000
1975 27,905,890
1976 30,910,780
1977 41,952,020
1978 32,331,700
1980 25,506,640
1981 39,762,400
1982 50,244,580
1983 42,767,300
1984 39,459,580
1985 37,223,390
1986 13,347,310
1987 25,995,810
1988 35,336,600
1989 42,161,660
1990 143,517,200
1991 208,303,400
1992 224,744,100
1993 229,410,400
1994 247,044,900
1995 325,738,000
1996 328,613,900
1997 351,330,900
1998 344,568,500
1999 350,284,200
2000 419,643,100
2001 397,904,500
2002 431,570,600
2003 480,046,900
2004 540,317,800
2005 515,872,700
2006 623,880,900
2007 649,692,200
2008 363,242,900
2009 333,297,900
2010 368,334,000
2011 392,383,700
2012 438,224,000
2013 427,564,900
2014 476,773,300
2015 547,628,500
2016 590,342,500
2017 677,914,000
2018 761,124,700
2019 906,837,100

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance