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GDP growth in Malta

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Malta's gdp growth is 3.96 % — #38 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

3.96%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Malta over time

19.68 %8.11 %-3.46 %19.68 % · 2000-3.46 % · 20202000: 19.68 %2001: -0.76 %2002: 2.74 %2003: 3.69 %2004: 0.41 %2005: 2.88 %2006: 2.34 %2007: 5.04 %2008: 4.41 %2009: -1.40 %2010: 6.20 %2011: 0.99 %2012: 4.10 %2013: 6.29 %2014: 7.63 %2015: 9.62 %2016: 4.08 %2017: 12.97 %2018: 7.19 %2019: 4.09 %2020: -3.46 %2021: 13.35 %2022: 2.59 %2023: 10.63 %2024: 6.21 %2025: 3.96 %2000201220253.96 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#38 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
70 %
89 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.25 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
15.72 pp
peak 19.68 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 15.72 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #3 of 39vs median 2.90 %: +1.06 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Malta: ahead of 70 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthMalta 3.96 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Malta is ahead of 70 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Malta
36 Nigeria4.01 %+0.05 pp
37 United Arab Emirates3.99 %+0.03 pp
38 Malta3.96 %—
39 El Salvador3.91 %−0.06 pp
40 Andorra3.87 %−0.09 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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