Outbound tourism — Departures in Malta
Malta: Outbound tourism — Departures was 1.06 million Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Outbound tourism — Departures in Malta, 2008–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for outbound tourism — departures in Malta is 1.06 million Persons, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 122.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outbound tourism — departures in Malta peaked at 1.06 million Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 217,624 Persons, in 2020.
Malta ranks 41st of 42 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Outbound tourism — Departures in Malta, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 292,100 Persons | — |
| 2009 | 292,484 Persons | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 328,289 Persons | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 347,301 Persons | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 368,408 Persons | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 404,029 Persons | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 429,862 Persons | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 473,923 Persons | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 549,419 Persons | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 632,069 Persons | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 728,225 Persons | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 774,294 Persons | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 217,624 Persons | -71.9% |
| 2021 | 343,598 Persons | +57.9% |
| 2022 | 694,278 Persons | +102.1% |
| 2023 | 933,994 Persons | +34.5% |
| 2024 | 961,308 Persons | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 1.06 million Persons | +9.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1.06 million Persons is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.79 million Persons, 8% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outbound tourism — Departures in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +102.1% | 343,598 Persons | 694,278 Persons |
| 2020 | -71.9% | 774,294 Persons | 217,624 Persons |
| 2021 | +57.9% | 217,624 Persons | 343,598 Persons |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 292,292 Persons | 292,100 Persons | 292,484 Persons | 2 |
| 2010s | 503,582 Persons | 328,289 Persons | 774,294 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 701,205 Persons | 217,624 Persons | 1.06 million Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 38 Estonia 3.17 million Persons compare
- 39 New Zealand 3.16 million Persons compare
- 40 Latvia 2.28 million Persons compare
- 42 Kazakhstan 10,646 Persons compare
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outbound tourism — departures in Malta?
- Outbound tourism — departures in Malta was 1.06 million Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest outbound tourism — departures recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest outbound tourism — departures recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 217,624 Persons in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for outbound tourism — departures?
- Malta ranks 41st out of 42 countries with data for 2025.
- Is outbound tourism — departures rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Outbound tourism — Departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Outbound tourism comprises the activities of residents of a given country travelling to and staying in places outside their country of residence.