Nearly 40,500 persons in Malta are self-employed, equivalent to 15.1 per cent of all persons with a main job. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that just over 28,800…
The total number of persons in employment stood at 266,553 in the second quarter this year, an increase of 3.2 per cent from the same period in 2020. According to…
The total rate of early leavers from education and training stood at 12.8 per cent in 2020, down from 13.9 per cent the year before. Figures by the National Statistics…
The rate of person with a low level of education stood at 46.4 per cent in 2020, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office. A low educational attainment…
National Statistics Office figures show that the number of full-time employees increased by 4.1% last year, while part-time jobs as their primary work decreased by 4.2% compared with 2019. Figures…
Total visitors from arriving from France reached nearly 13,000 in June this year, the highest number of tourists from any single country. Figures by the National Statistics Office show an…
The overall rate of unemployment among women fell from 1,698 in June 2020 to 569 in the same month this year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that the…
Industrial producer prices in June rose for the fourth consecutive month, registering an increase of 0.36 per cent from May. The total producer price index stood at 110.88 in June,…
Domestic tourism between Malta and Gozo rose to 360,460 in 2020, an increase of 52 per cent from 2019. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that nearly 97 per…
The annual rate of inflation in July stood at 0.7 percent, the lowest increase in the months under review since January 2018. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that…
The House Price Index fell by 1.6 per cent between January and March this year compared to the preceding quarter. Data by Eurostat shows that Malta was one of only…
Total retail trade grew by 22 per cent between May 2020 and May 2021, well above the 9.0 per cent average registered in the EU. Data by Eurostat shows that…
Total government debt grew to €7,478.2 million between January and March, up from €6,958.5 million in the preceding quarter. Figures by the National Statistics Office show an increase of €1.544.8…
Youth unemployment stood at 1,944 in May, the first time it fell below 2,000 in a year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show a month-on-month decrease of 0.7 percentage…
The industrial producer price index rose to its highest point in May 2021, an increase of 9.92 per cent from the same month in 2017. Figures by the National Statistics…
Production of energy from photovoltaic installations amounted to just under 185,000 kWp in 2020, an increase of 19.6 per cent from the previous year. Data by the National Statistics Office…
Industrial production rose by 5.6 per cent between March and April, the second-highest rate among EU members. Figures by Eurostat show that the increase outpaced the EU average of 0.5…
Industrial Production increased by 5.3 per cent in April compared to the previous month, registering growth across all major groupings for the first month in twelve months. The Index of…
Final deeds of property sales in May surpassed a total value of €300 million for the first time since October 2018. Figures by the National Statistics Office show transactions adding…
The rate of unemployment among women stood at 3.7 per cent in April, the first time it fell lower than the male unemployment rate in twelve months. Unemployment among men…
Final deeds of sale for residential properties reached a combined value of €228.4 million in April, almost level with the same month in 2019. Last year, total transactions amounted to…
Exports to Asian countries accounted for 18.8 per cent of the total trade goods in the first quarter of 2021, with a combined value of €142.2 million. Imports from Asia…
Total imports from Britain stood at €75.3 million in the first three months since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU came into full effect on January 1, 2021. In the…
During the first quarter of 2021, road traffic accidents and casualties declined, with only one road traffic fatality recorded. The National Statistics Office said the number of reported traffic accidents…
The number of passengers crossing between Malta and Gozo in the first quarter this year decreased by 31.5 percent compared with the same period in 2020. Figures by the National…
The overall ratio between teachers and the student population stood at 9.2 in the academic year 2018-2019. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that the ratio was lowest in…
The volume of retail trade fell for a second consecutive month in February, decreasing by 1.5 percent from January. Data by Eurostat shows that the drop in Malta was the…
Inbound tourism in February dropped nearly 94 percent compared with the same month last year, with a total of 9,151 visitors. Figures by the National Statistics Office, however, show that…
The number of students enrolled in English as a Foreign Language courses last year was just under 14,500, a drop of more than two-thirds from 83,610 registered in 2019. Data…
House prices in Malta rose by 2.5 percent from the third to the fourth quarter 2020, almost double the average increase registered in the EU. The House Price Index released…
Expenditure on Social Security Benefits totalled €1.076.9 million in 2020, an increase of 7.9 percent from the previous year. Figures by the National Statistics Office showed a consistent rise year-on-year…
Total government expenditure rose to €5.82 billion in 2020 from €4.96 billion the previous year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that Capital Expenditure increased by 86 percent year-on-year…
Registered unemployment stood at 2,585 in February, with 76.8 percent of jobseekers only added to the register during the previous twelve months. Data by JobsPlus and released by the National…
The Industrial Producer Price Index stood at 108.90 in February, a decrease of 0.74 percent from January but up by 0.51 compared to February 2020. Figures by the National Statistics…
The rate of employment among the 15-24 age bracket stood at 47.3 in the last quester of 2020, a decrease of 5.4 percentage points in the same period a year…
Just under 32 percent of inactive women in the final quarter of last year said they were not working or looking for a job because of personal or family responsibilities.…
Total inbound tourism in January was estimated at around 13,800, a decrease on 90.8 percent compared with the same month last year. Data by the National Statistics Office show a…
Women made 57 percent of total tertiary education graduates in 2019, up from 55 percent in 2017. Data published on the International Day of Women by the National Statistics Office…
The Index of Industrial Production decreased by 6.0 percent in January 2021, compared with the same month last year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show an 8.0 percent increase…
The volume of retail trade dropped by 1.6 percent in January, the first month-on-month decrease in six months. Data by Eurostat shows that total retail trade fell by 5.1 percent…
Malta registered the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the EU in January 2021.Figures by Eurostat show that the total unemployment rate in Malta stood at 4.4 percent in the first month…
Gross Domestic Product for last year amounted to €12.8 billion, a decrease from €13.6 billion in 2019 but still higher than 2018 (12.6 billion). Figures by the National Statistics Office…
Turnover in services fell by 15.9 percent in the final quarter of 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. Accommodation and food service activities registered the highest drop,…
Total outbound tourism between January and December 2020 amounted to 196,506, a decrease of 510,290 from the previous year, equivalent to 72.2 percent. Figures by the National Statistics Office show…
Foreign Direct Investment increased by €72.4 million in the first half of 2020, compared with the same period the previous year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show a total…
The number of registered cars reached a record of 400,586 in the third quarter 2020. Figures by the National Statistics Office show a rise of more than 5,000 vehicles from…
The Industrial Production Index in December registered an increase across all main groupings for the first time in 2020. Figures by the National Statistics Office show an increase in total…
Registered unemployment stood at 2,765 in December, up from 1,642 in the same month the year before but lower than 2,898 in November 2020. Figures by the National Statistics Office…
The number of total gainfully occupied persons rose by 4.6 percent from September 2019 to September 2020, reaching 231,579. The latest figures by the Nationals Statistics Office show that Labour…
Total inbound tourism reached 658,567 between January and December 2020, a 76.1 percent decline from the preceding twelve months. Figures by the National Statistics Office show a total of 5.2…
The number of students in mandatory education in the 2018-2019 academic year stood at 47,852, registering an increase in both primary and secondary levels. Figures by the Nationals Statistics Office…
The General Government expenditure between in the years between 2015 and 2019 increased by 30 percent to reach €4.99 billion. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that Social Protection…
The rate of unemployment in December 2020 remained at 4.5 percent for the third consecutive month, 0.9 percentage points above the rate registered in the same month the previous year.…
Turnover from e-commerce sales rose by 6.4 percent in 2020 compared with the previous year, reaching a total €2.1 billion. Figures by the Nationals Statistics Office show that eight in…
The current account of the balance of payments in the third quarter 2020 recorded a deficit of €100 million, down from a €300 million surplus registered in the same period…
The balance of imports and exports registered a deficit of €2.0 billion between January and November 2020, a decrease of €1.578 billion compared with the same period the year before.…
The rate of unemployment in November rose by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, reaching 4.8 percent – the highest level recorded in 2020. Seasonally adjusted figures by the…
Labour supply stood at 235,309 in May 2020, up by 7.9 percent compared to the same month the previous year. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that registered full-time…