Malta vs Saudi Arabia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Malta

3.1%

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

3.2%

in 2025

Malta rank

144th

Saudi Arabia rank

141st

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Malta
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 3.2% against 3.1% in Malta, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Malta ranks 144th and Saudi Arabia ranks 141st of 185 regions.

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About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.