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Unemployment rate in Malta

How hard is it to have a job there?

Malta's unemployment rate is 2.90 % — #21 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.90%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Malta over time

7.49 %5.19 %2.90 %7.49 % · 20032000: 6.32 %2001: 7.11 %2002: 6.90 %2003: 7.49 %2004: 7.32 %2005: 6.92 %2006: 6.80 %2007: 6.47 %2008: 5.98 %2009: 6.90 %2010: 6.86 %2011: 6.39 %2012: 6.20 %2013: 6.12 %2014: 5.74 %2015: 5.39 %2016: 4.69 %2017: 4.01 %2018: 3.96 %2019: 4.08 %2020: 4.86 %2021: 3.75 %2022: 3.47 %2023: 3.48 %2024: 3.10 %2025: 2.90 %2000201220252.90 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#21 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
83 %
103 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.59 pp
peak 7.49 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 3.43 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #4 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.36 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Malta: ahead of 83 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentMalta 2.90 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Malta is ahead of 83 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Malta
19 Singapore2.82 %−0.08 pp
20 Czech Republic2.83 %−0.07 pp
21 Malta2.90 %—
22 Bolivia2.97 %+0.07 pp
23 Poland2.98 %+0.08 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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