Work & Labour in Malta 88 indicators covering work & labour for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 53.0% 2025 up 7.3% 32nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 58.7% 2025 up 9.3% 39th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.0% 2025 up 15.0% 76th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.5% 2025 up 4.8% 80th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.0% 2025 up 23.7% 104th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 56.0% 2025 up 8.4% 28th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 74.6% 2025 up 34.4% 33rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 87.6% 2025 up 7.6% 12th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 81.6% 2025 up 18.5% 16th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.8% 2025 up 29.7% 77th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 86.1% 2025 up 0.8% 38th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 73.9% 2025 up 4.7% 12th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 90.3% 2025 down 1.3% 34th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 83.1% 2025 up 1.8% 37th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.8% 2025 up 0.6% 20th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 83.8% 174th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 80.6% 181st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 82.1% 178th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.0% 2025 down 5.4% 126th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 24.8% 2025 down 9.4% 105th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.7% 2025 down 11.5% 113th Employment in services (% of total employment) 81.4% 2025 up 3.6% 16th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 13.9% 2025 down 4.7% 149th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 16.9% 2025 down 8.0% 150th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 9.7% 2025 up 13.6% 153rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.8% 2025 down 5.4% 71st Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.5% 2025 down 3.0% 58th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.5% 2025 up 2.7% 118th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 7.2% 2025 down 26.7% 145th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 28.5% 115th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.4% 2025 down 27.6% 134th GDP per person employed 117,634 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 15.0% 23rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 42.5% 144th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 42.5% 126th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 44.3% 149th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.5% 2025 up 3.1% 62nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.3% 2025 up 24.3% 62nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.5% 2025 up 12.1% 52nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 50.9% 2025 up 3.0% 34th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.3% 2025 up 3.0% 45th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 79.6% 2025 up 20.6% 96th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 53.3% 2025 up 3.2% 37th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.6% 2025 down 17.5% 109th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 9.2% 2025 down 30.2% 100th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.2% 2025 up 3.6% 109th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 7.6% 2025 down 35.9% 168th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 7.7% 2025 down 17.4% 162nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 7.7% 2025 down 27.4% 169th Productivity: output per hour worked 46.32 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 24.8% 37th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.2% 2025 up 33.2% 63rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.1% 2025 up 18.0% 57th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.4% 2025 up 7.5% 64th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 8.2% 2025 up 15.9% 148th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 49.2% 2025 up 10.4% 28th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 11.4% 2025 down 10.2% 152nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 53.1% 2025 up 14.0% 38th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 51.2% 2025 up 12.3% 25th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 10.1% 2025 down 4.4% 149th Unemployment with basic education 4.2% 2024 down 53.6% 84th Unemployment with basic education, male 4.4% 2024 down 50.0% 77th Page 1 of 2 Next →