Malta is one of four EU countries where non-financial sectors hold more than a tenth of government debt. Figures by Eurostat show that 26 percent of debt in Malta is…
There were 4,090 people requesting international protection in Malta during 2019, almost double the number recorded in the previous year. The figure represents 0.6 percent of the share of asylum…
The current account balance rose to €200 million between January and March, up from €128 million in the same period in 2019. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that…
The annual rate of inflation in May reflected in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) was 0.9 percent, the lowest since 2018. Data by the National Statistics Office shows…
Malta registered the smallest Extra-EU exports between January and April this year among the 27 members states. Data released by Eurostat shows that the country exported €0.4 billion to partners…
Industrial in the European Union fell by 17.3 percent between March and April this year, the sharpest month-on-month drop since records by Eurostat began. By comparison, the largest decreases during…
Malta was one of only ten EU states to register an increase in employment in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the previous quarter. Eurostat data shows that Malta…
Imports and exports decreased between March and April, reducing the trade deficit by €90.8 million to close at €139.4 million. Figures by the National Statistics Office for the fourth month…
Maltese film productions attracted just under 14,000 cinemagoers in 2019 registering a total €99,000 gross box office. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that there were 14 local productions…
Emissions of greenhouse gases reached more than 2,190 kilotonnes net in 2018 according to the latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory data published by the National Statistics Office. CO2 emissions increased by…
Industrial production registered a drop for the third consecutive month in April, decreasing by 3.8 percent from March. Seasonally adjust figures by the National Statistics Office show that the index…
The volume or retail trade registered a sharp drop of 25 percent from March to April, the largest decrease among European Union members. Figures by Eurostat reveal that retail trade…
While industrial producer prices in the European Union fell by 1.9 percent between March and April, in Malta they increased by 0.5 percent. Figures by Eurostat show that the only…
Unemployment in April rose by 0.2 percent across the European Union from the previous month to reach a rate of 6.6 percent. Figures by Eurostat indicate a similar month-on-month increase…
The European Union generated 18.6 percent of the world Gross Domestic Product in 2018, according to the most recent data published by Eurostat. The contribution is the second-largest share after…
Government Debt stood at 43.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 2019, the lowest share in four years. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that national debt reached €5.6…
Unemployment rose by 0.4 percentage points from March to reach 4.0 percent in April. Figures released by the National Statistic Office show that the number of unemployed persons increased for…
Industrial producer prices for consumer goods increased by 0.55 percent from March to April, driving the Producer Price Index up 0.17 percent. Data by the National Statistics Office reports an…
The annual inflation rate in April was 0.83 percent, the lowest increase in the two years under review by the National Statistics Office. The change in cost of purchasing from…
The turnover index in the services sector decreased by 4.2 percent in the first quarter this year from the previous quarter, registering a decline in all sectors. Data by the…
The number of people registering for work rose by more than 1,800 from March to April this year. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that registered unemployment reached 3,979…
Malta’s annual inflation rate in April stood at 1.1 percent, the eighth highest among EU member states according to figures by Eurostat. The EU average was 0.7 percent, down from…
Production in construction fell by 12 percent from February to March across EU member states, according to data by Eurostat. In the euro area, the decease stood at 14.1 percent.…
The number of visitors from Malta to other countries decreased by more than 30,000 between January and March, compared to the same period last year. Figures by the National Statistics…
Balance of trade in Malta stood at -€700 million between January and March, according to estimates published by Eurostat. The economy registered a trade deficit of €400 million in intra-EU…
Industrial turnover fell by 2.1 percent over the first quarter this year compared with the last three months of 2019. Data released by the National Statistics Office shows that the…
The GDP in the European Union decreased by 3.3 percent between January and March, compared with the previous quarter, marking the sharpest decline since records first started being complied in…
Industrial production fell by 6.9 percent in March from the previous month, reflecting an EU-wide slump of 10.4 percent. Figures by Eurostat show that only four countries registered increases: Ireland…
The number of gainfully occupied increased by 12,500 in November 2019 from the year before, according to the latest available data by Jobsplus. The total represents a rise of 5.9…
Malta registered a decrease in both imports and exports between January and March this year, according to data released by the National Statistics Office. Figures show a total value of…
People in full-time employment worked an average 23 hours a week during the second half of March this year, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office. Eight in…
The share of taxes and levies worked into electricity prices for Maltese households stood at six percent at the end of last year, the lowest rate in the EU. Figures…
The total number of inbound tourists decreased by 56.5 percent in March, compared with the same month last year. Figures by the National Statistics Office reveal the harsh reality for…
The expenditure on Social Security Benefits rose by 5.8 percent between January and March this year compared to the same period last year. Figures released by the National Statistics Office…
Malta is one of four EU countries to have increased CO2 emissions from energy use in 2019, according to data published by Eurostat. Estimates show an overall reduction of 4.3…
The volume of retail trade in March decreased by 1.2 percent from February, reflecting an EU-wide trend. Figures by Eurostat show a sharp drop in trade as the coronavirus pandemic…
The number of road traffic accidents dropped sharply in March contributing to an 8.2 percent decrease in accidents in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period…
Malta, Cyprus, and Latvia were the only EU members to post a rise in industrial producer prices in March. Estimates by Eurostat indicate that industrial producer prices fell by 1.4…
Registered businesses grew by 6,779 between 2018 and 2019, an increase of 5.8 percent, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office on Monday. There are now 123,649 companies…
The monthly unemployment rate for March rose by 0.1 percentage points from February to reach 3.5 percent, according to National Statistics Office figures. The rate, however, is lower compared to…