Malta vs Saint Lucia: Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure

Malta
28.2%
in 2022
Saint Lucia
28.3%
in 2022
Malta rank
68th
Saint Lucia rank
66th

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure over time

  • Malta
  • Saint Lucia
010203040200020112022

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 28.3% against 28.2% in Malta, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Malta ranks 68th and Saint Lucia ranks 66th of 191 countries.

Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Saint Lucia Difference Ahead
2000s 31.9% 35.2% 3.3% Saint Lucia
2010s 30.6% 32.3% 1.7% Saint Lucia
2020s 27.0% 28.6% 1.6% Saint Lucia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure, Malta or Saint Lucia?
Saint Lucia, at 28.3% against 28.2% in Malta as of 2022.
What is the difference in wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure between Malta and Saint Lucia?
0.1%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Saint Lucia?
23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Malta and Saint Lucia rank globally for wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure?
Malta ranks 68th and Saint Lucia ranks 66th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malta vs Saint Lucia: Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure. Statizoid. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-public-expenditure/malta/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-public-expenditure/malta/st-lucia/">Malta vs Saint Lucia: Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,119 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed