Malta Insights
Malta: Migrant arrivals drop by 47% in 2022
During 2022, 10 boat landings were recorded in Malta, with 445 persons being brought to Maltese shores (including persons air lifted at…
Malta – Central Bank warns of economic slowdown
According to the Central Bank of Malta's latest forecasts, Malta's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to slow down from around…
Malta: 16.7% of population at risk of poverty – NSO
The number of persons living in households with an income below the at-risk-of-poverty line (€10,893) was 85,797. This translates into an at-risk-of-poverty…
Malta: Debt levels top €9 billion despite end of pandemic assistance
Government debt has topped €9 billion, NSO data has shown. By end of April, the State has accumulated €9,163.0 million of debt,…
56,675 foreign students attend English courses in Malta in 2022
In 2022, foreign students attending English language courses at local licensed English Language Teaching (ELT) schools amounted to 56,675, marking an increase…
Making the four-day week work
Two workers glide between a computer screen and a stainless steel vat making face cream, a scientist in a white coat mixes…
NSO says Malta GDP grew by 6.9% in 2022
Provisional NSO estimates indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2022 amounted to €16,870.3 million, registering an increase of €1,868.4 million,…
Malta: FDI tops €2bn in first six months of 2022
Foreign direct investment flows were estimated to be €2.0 billion during the first six months of 2022. The main contributors to FDI…
Malta: Fixed energy prices should be limited in time and scope – IMF
Government should prepare an exit strategy from the fixed-energy-price policy while protecting vulnerable groups. In its annual assessment of Malta's economic and…
Malta registers largest drop in household expenditure
Malta reported the largest decrease in household expenditure in the European Union between 2019 and 2021, according to Eurostat. From 2019 to…
Malta: Inflation tops 7.35% by end of year
In December 2022, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the RPI was 7.35 per cent, up from the 7.12 per…
Malta: Debt levels reach €8.73bn – NSO
General Government debt has reached €8.73 billion, or 53.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), NSO data shows. In the third…