Services, value added in Malta
Malta: Services, value added was 81.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Malta, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Malta recorded 81.3% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Malta peaked at 81.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.7%, in 1976.
Malta ranks 11th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.8% | 25.7% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.2% | 30.5% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.0% | 37.0% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 60.2% | 68.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.3% | 69.5% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 78.6% | 81.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 8 Cayman Islands 86.5% compare
- 9 Luxembourg 81.4% compare
- 10 Sao Tome and Principe 81.4% compare
- 12 Andorra 77.8% compare
- 13 Bahamas 77.2% compare
- 14 Cyprus 76.8% compare
More economy & growth data for Malta
- DEC alternative conversion factor 0.885 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 2.00 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 2.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.49 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 38,102 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 41,440 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 22.09 billion current LCU (2025)
- GNI 24.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method 24.02 billion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Malta?
- Services, value added in Malta was 81.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 81.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.7% in 1976.
- How does Malta rank for services, value added?
- Malta ranks 11th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.