Work & Labour in Malta

931 indicators covering work & labour for Malta.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment rate 2.9% 2025 down 46.3% 150th
Unemployment rate of men vs. women 2.9% 2025 down 45.3% 139th
Female unemployment rate 2.8% 2025 down 47.6% 156th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 24.8% 2025 down 9.4% 105th
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 1.3% 2025 down 36.2% 177th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 73.9% 2025 up 4.7% 12th
Employment rate, men vs. women 69.4% 2025 up 7.5% 64th
Employment rate 62.1% 2025 up 18.0% 57th
Youth unemployment rate 8.4% 2025 down 27.6% 134th
Population by labor force status 70,354 people 2025 up 11.1% 177th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 26.9% 2023 down 12.0% 71st
Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 289,458 Persons 2023 up 60.9% 2nd
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 18.02 2024 up 5.9% 129th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 23.66 2024 up 5.3% 76th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 19.11 Persons 2022 up 25.0% 133rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 19.31 Persons 2022 up 18.1% 142nd
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.7% 2020 down 39.1% 96th
Female labor force by age 1,996 people 2024 up 88.8% 165th
Labor force participation rate by age 55.9% 2024 up 5.7% 28th
Female labor force participation rate by age 52.9% 2024 up 1.1% 33rd
Jobs gap 15.84 2024 down 46.9% 67th
Jobs gap rate 4.8 2024 down 64.7% 66th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 5.37 2024 down 70.6% 68th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 1.6 2024 down 80.7% 65th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 9.1% 2024 down 22.0% 128th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0119 units per square kilometre 2023 down 31.6% 22nd
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0334 units per square kilometre 2023 up 33.7% 5th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 30.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 46.9% 6th
Employment by status 85.9% 2024 up 0.7% 38th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 85.9% 2024 up 0.7% 38th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 2.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% 28th
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 2.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% 27th
Employment 329.66 2025 up 66.6% 133rd
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -8.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 549.6% 125th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 549.6% 125th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 549.6% 125th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 4 2024 unchanged 103rd
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.7% 2025 down 51.6% 52nd
Unemployment with basic education 4.2% 2024 down 53.6% 86th
Unemployment with basic education, male 4.4% 2024 down 50.0% 79th
Unemployment with intermediate education 3.4% 2024 down 13.6% 106th
Unemployment with basic education, female 3.7% 2024 down 61.9% 98th
Unemployment with advanced education 2.3% 2024 down 9.9% 108th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 4.2% 2024 up 28.6% 96th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 1.48 2024 up 17.5% 98th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 1.48 score 2024 up 17.5% 99th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 7.8% 2024 down 23.6% 107th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 2.8% 2024 down 36.3% 108th
Labor force with basic education, female 34.5% 2024 up 28.1% 67th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 8.1% 2024 down 31.8% 103rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 7.6% 2024 down 13.1% 106th
Labor force with basic education, male 68.1% 2024 up 3.6% 44th
Labor force with basic education 53.5% 2024 up 15.2% 53rd
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 71.5% 2024 up 10.3% 8th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 82.7% 2024 up 10.6% 17th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 77.8% 2024 up 11.1% 8th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.9% 2024 up 17.4% 91st
Labor force with advanced education, male 92.2% 2024 up 4.7% 7th
Labor force with advanced education 89.9% 2024 up 5.5% 3rd
Labor force with advanced education, female 87.7% 2024 up 6.3% 3rd