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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 341	16 413	22 212^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	9.6	-3.3	6.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	25 486.0	31 673.0	41 676.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.1	0.8	0.7^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	12.7	12.7	11.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	86.2	86.5	87.6^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	1.5	1.1	1.1^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	20	18.3	17.6^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	78.5	80.6	81.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5.4	4.3	2.6^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	43.0 / 68.3^j	52.2 / 70.9	55.5 / 71.3^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	108	114	129^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	78	75^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 915	2 832^j	3 782^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 788	5 736	9 447^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 873	- 2 904^j	- 5 665^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	301	2 641	1 383^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.4	1.4	0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	94.4	94.7^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.4	1.1	1.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	85.0 / 80.1	84.5 / 80.1	85.5 / 81.7^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.2 / 24.8	13.3 / 24.5	12.9 / 26.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	52.6 / 11.8	114.8 / 22.1	199.5 / 37.0^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	6.5	12.8	9.4^n,e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	6.8	4.6	5.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	8.9	10.6	9.5^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	6.5	7.3	7.9^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.2 / 98.7	97.7 / 98.5	97.7 / 97.8^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.1 / 97.2	99.6 / 101.7	99.5 / 101.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.3 / 83.6	105.5 / 94.4	107.4 / 103.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.9	1.4	0.6^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12.9	13.4^q	27.8^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^r (per 100 inhabitants)	76	86.9	92.1^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.7	0.7	0.7^s
Threatened species (number)	31	49	76^e
Forested area (% of land area)	1.1	1.4	1.4^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.6 / 3.7	1.6 / 3.1	1.8 / 3.4^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	1	1^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	61	56	61^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	1 783	659	2 287^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	90.6	90.8	90.8^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	0.2^u	...	0.34^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the localities of the Northern Harbour and Southern Harbour.
d		2018
e		2024
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		The decreased statistical data on refugees and subsidiary protection holders in Malta is primarily attributed to a revised/updated official data shared with UNHCR by the International Protection Agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Security and Employment. The official governmental data (as of June 30, 2024) reflects the active international protection holders residing in Malta.
o		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2022
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
s		2021
t		Departures by air and by sea.
u		2014