Unemployment rate,Percent in Malta
Malta: Unemployment rate,Percent was 3.1% 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 3.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Malta peaked at 7.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2025.
That places Malta 59th 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.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.4% | — |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 7.6% | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 6.1% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 6.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 4.8% | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | -22.1% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | -3.7% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | -3.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 5.0%, 62% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Malta's 3.1% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.6%, 47% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
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% | 3.1% | 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 3.1% 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 3.1% in 2025.
- How does Malta rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Malta ranks 59th 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 42.6%. 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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