Unemployment rate,Percent in Malta
Malta: Unemployment rate,Percent was 2.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Malta, 2001–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment rate,percent in Malta is 2.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Malta peaked at 7.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2025.
That places Malta 62nd out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.1% | 7.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 3.9% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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 unemployment rate,percent in Malta?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Malta was 2.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 7.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2025.
- How does Malta rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Malta ranks 62nd out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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