Malta Insights
Malta: 11% increase in persons adding a part-time job to their full-time
The number of part-timers who held both a full-time and part-time job increased by 11% in just a year, the NSO said.…
Central Bank revises Malta’s 2023 expected growth rate downwards
According to the Central Bank of Malta latest forecasts, Malta's gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow by 6.8% this year,…
Malta: Food prices drive inflation above 7.5%
In September 2022, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the RPI was 7.52 per cent, up from the 6.98 per…
Malta registers second largest drop in employees in the cultural sector
In 2021, 7.36 million people were employed in the cultural sector in the EU, representing 3.7% of total employment. At the EU…
Malta: Debt levels reach €8.56 billion by August
By the end of August 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €359.0 million, the NSO said, while debt levels…
518 new books published in Malta in 2021
In 2021, a total of 518 new book titles were published in Malta by 53 local active book publishers, with the figure…
Malta: Inflation tops 7% in August, still lower than EU average
Inflation has reached 7%, fresh data by the NSO has confirmed. The statistics office said that in August 2022, the annual rate…
Malta: Survey shows more people struggle to pay mortgage, rent and utility bills
Based on the income year 2020, the number of at-risk-of-poverty persons living in Malta was estimated at 85,754. During 2021, respondents who…
Malta: Services push economy towards strong rebound in Q2
Provisional estimates released by the NSO indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2022 amounted to €4,100.4…
Malta: Unemployment drops further in July
In July 2022, the number of persons registering for work stood at 925 decreasing by 617 when compared to the corresponding month…
Malta registers higher deficit, debt levels in first seven months of 2022
By the end of July 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €514.9 million. In parallel, debt levels have gone…
Malta’s population grows by almost 25% in a decade, Census shows
Over a century, the population of Malta has more than doubled (by 2.5 times), while in the past 10 years, it grew…