Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income
Malta: the economy in numbers
Per person: $47,907, or $72,210 at purchasing power parity. Population: 579,704 (2025).
$27.8B+4.0%real GDP growth, 2025
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #118 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +4.2%.
GDP per capita
$47,907
2025 · #35 of 204
GDP per capita, PPP
$72,210
2025 · #27 of 197
Inflation
2.4%
2025 · IMF forecast 2026: 2.4%
Government debt
46.2%
2025 · % of GDP, general government
Population
580K
2025 · #170 of 217
Unemployment
2.9%
2025 · ILO estimate
Stock market capitalization
19.3%
2025 · % of GDP · $5.35B
Life expectancy
83.0 years
2024
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $2.08 billion in 1970, $27.8 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $6,875 per person in 1970, $47,907 in 2025.
GDP per capitaGDP per capita, PPP (international $)
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 6.0% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1971: 4 of 55.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 70.6% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 15.7% in 1980.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 70.4% of GDP in 2004. IMF forecast for 2031: 44.4%.
General government (IMF)Central government only (World Bank)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $5.35 billion, or 19.3% of GDP.
Population
1960: 326,550 · 2025: 579,704.
Unemployment rate
1991: 6.3% · 2025: 2.9%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 68.3 years · 2024: 83.0 years.
Exports of goods and services
1970: 44.2% · 2025: 119.1%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.0%f | 2.0%f | 44.4%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 4.0%f | 2.0%f | 44.9%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 4.0%f | 2.0%f | 45.5%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 4.0%f | 2.0%f | 46.0%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 4.0%f | 2.2%f | 46.4%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 4.2%f | 2.4%f | 46.4%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $27.8B | $47,907 | $72,210 | 4.0% | 2.4% | 46.2% | 580K | 2.9% | 19.3% | 119.1% | |
| 2024 | $25B | $44,024 | $70,063 | 6.2% | 1.7% | 46.0% | 569K | 3.1% | 17.1% | 83.0 | 118.5% |
| 2023 | $22.6B | $40,933 | $67,101 | 10.6% | 5.1% | 46.9% | 553K | 3.5% | 22.8% | 83.4 | 119.7% |
| 2022 | $18.9B | $35,659 | $60,623 | 2.6% | 6.2% | 50.1% | 531K | 3.5% | 23.0% | 82.3 | 128.3% |
| 2021 | $19.7B | $38,078 | $56,824 | 13.4% | 1.5% | 49.5% | 518K | 3.8% | 24.4% | 82.3 | 118.8% |
| 2020 | $16.4B | $31,823 | $49,972 | −3.5% | 0.6% | 48.6% | 515K | 4.9% | 31.0% | 82.1 | 130.0% |
| 2019 | $16.3B | $32,422 | $51,393 | 4.1% | 1.6% | 39.2% | 504K | 4.1% | 32.5% | 82.7 | 124.5% |
| 2018 | $16.2B | $33,382 | $48,179 | 7.2% | 1.2% | 41.4% | 484K | 4.0% | 31.3% | 82.2 | 123.3% |
| 2017 | $14.2B | $30,317 | $45,764 | 13.0% | 1.4% | 45.6% | 467K | 4.0% | 36.5% | 82.2 | 116.6% |
| 2016 | $12B | $26,459 | $41,000 | 4.1% | 0.6% | 53.1% | 455K | 4.7% | 36.9% | 82.4 | 113.2% |
| 2015 | $11.3B | $25,530 | $38,369 | 9.6% | 1.1% | 55.0% | 444K | 5.4% | 38.8% | 81.8 | 108.7% |
| 2014 | $11.9B | $27,425 | $35,206 | 7.6% | 0.3% | 60.7% | 433K | 5.7% | 30.6% | 81.9 | 96.9% |
| 2013 | $10.8B | $25,416 | $33,138 | 6.3% | 1.2% | 64.9% | 425K | 6.1% | 39.4% | 81.7 | 97.7% |
| 2012 | $9.61B | $22,878 | $30,716 | 4.1% | 2.4% | 65.6% | 420K | 6.2% | 37.8% | 80.7 | 100.8% |
| 2011 | $9.79B | $23,517 | $29,426 | 1.0% | 3.0% | 68.9% | 416K | 6.4% | 35.0% | 80.7 | 97.4% |
| 2010 | $9.1B | $21,947 | $28,909 | 6.2% | 1.5% | 65.0% | 415K | 6.9% | 46.1% | 81.4 | 89.6% |
| 2009 | $8.77B | $21,262 | $26,782 | −1.4% | 2.1% | 66.0% | 412K | 6.9% | 46.5% | 80.2 | 81.0% |
| 2008 | $9.17B | $22,406 | $26,654 | 4.4% | 4.3% | 61.5% | 409K | 6.0% | 39.0% | 79.6 | 91.5% |
| 2007 | $7.91B | $19,444 | $25,012 | 5.0% | 1.2% | 62.0% | 407K | 6.5% | 71.2% | 79.8 | 90.9% |
| 2006 | $6.75B | $16,654 | $23,219 | 2.3% | 2.8% | 64.5% | 405K | 6.8% | 66.7% | 79.4 | 89.2% |
| 2005 | $6.39B | $15,831 | $22,227 | 2.9% | 3.0% | 70.2% | 404K | 6.9% | 63.7% | 79.3 | 74.2% |
| 2004 | $6.1B | $15,212 | $21,566 | 0.4% | 2.8% | 70.4% | 401K | 7.3% | 46.5% | 79.3 | 75.1% |
| 2003 | $5.42B | $13,594 | $20,813 | 3.7% | 1.3% | 68.6% | 399K | 7.5% | 34.2% | 78.5 | 75.5% |
| 2002 | $4.46B | $11,251 | $19,532 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 65.1% | 396K | 6.9% | 30.8% | 78.7 | 82.5% |
| 2001 | $4.07B | $10,358 | $18,435 | −0.8% | 2.9% | 70.0% | 393K | 7.1% | 33.3% | 78.8 | 78.5% |
| 2000 | $4.04B | $10,348 | $18,215 | 19.7% | 2.4% | 64.4% | 390K | 6.3% | 50.1% | 78.3 | 90.3% |
| 1999 | $4.11B | $10,609 | $16,898 | 4.7% | 2.1% | 69.8% | 388K | 6.3% | 77.5 | 80.3% | |
| 1998 | $4.01B | $10,408 | $16,219 | 5.1% | 2.4% | 66.4% | 385K | 6.3% | 77.6 | 75.3% | |
| 1997 | $3.79B | $9,893 | $15,465 | 5.3% | 3.1% | 60.8% | 383K | 6.3% | 77.7 | 74.8% | |
| 1996 | $3.82B | $10,062 | $14,661 | 3.8% | 2.1% | 51.5% | 380K | 6.3% | 77.3 | 77.1% | |
| 1995 | $3.71B | $9,828 | $13,950 | 6.3% | 4.4% | 45.3% | 377K | 6.3% | 77.3 | 85.3% | |
| 1994 | $3.0B | $8,000 | $12,938 | 5.7% | 4.1% | 375K | 6.3% | 76.8 | 86.0% | ||
| 1993 | $2.71B | $7,296 | $12,103 | 4.5% | 4.1% | 371K | 6.3% | 76.7 | 84.8% | ||
| 1992 | $3.02B | $8,220 | $11,429 | 4.7% | 1.6% | 368K | 6.3% | 76.6 | 81.8% | ||
| 1991 | $2.75B | $7,559 | $10,784 | 6.3% | 2.5% | 364K | 6.3% | 76.4 | 77.4% | ||
| 1990 | $2.55B | $7,192 | $10,086 | 6.3% | 3.0% | 354K | 76.0 | 75.8% | |||
| 1989 | $2.12B | $6,041 | 8.2% | 0.8% | 351K | 76.1 | 72.1% | ||||
| 1988 | $2.02B | $5,814 | 8.4% | 0.9% | 347K | 75.8 | 70.4% | ||||
| 1987 | $1.75B | $5,084 | 4.1% | 0.4% | 344K | 75.2 | 69.6% | ||||
| 1986 | $1.44B | $4,195 | 3.9% | 2.0% | 342K | 74.4 | 64.3% | ||||
| 1985 | $1.12B | $3,322 | 2.6% | −0.2% | 336K | 73.8 | 64.5% | ||||
| 1984 | $1.1B | $3,333 | 0.9% | −0.4% | 331K | 73.2 | 62.4% | ||||
| 1983 | $1.17B | $3,527 | −0.6% | −0.9% | 331K | 73.0 | 59.8% | ||||
| 1982 | $1.23B | $3,788 | 2.3% | 5.8% | 326K | 72.7 | 61.6% | ||||
| 1981 | $1.24B | $3,898 | 3.3% | 11.5% | 319K | 72.3 | 72.5% | ||||
| 1980 | $1.25B | $3,948 | 7.0% | 15.7% | 317K | 72.2 | 80.9% | ||||
| 1979 | $1.0B | $3,196 | 10.5% | 7.1% | 313K | 72.4 | 79.4% | ||||
| 1978 | $794M | $2,559 | 11.2% | 4.7% | 310K | 72.2 | 73.6% | ||||
| 1977 | $626M | $2,038 | 12.2% | 10.0% | 307K | 72.2 | 76.9% | ||||
| 1976 | $528M | $1,727 | 17.0% | 0.6% | 306K | 72.1 | 75.4% | ||||
| 1975 | $475M | $1,560 | 19.6% | 8.8% | 304K | 72.0 | 73.7% | ||||
| 1974 | $376M | $1,245 | 10.0% | 7.3% | 302K | 71.8 | 74.6% | ||||
| 1973 | $346M | $1,144 | 4.1% | 7.7% | 302K | 71.2 | 57.9% | ||||
| 1972 | $295M | $976 | 5.8% | 3.4% | 302K | 70.6 | 46.5% | ||||
| 1971 | $265M | $874 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 303K | 70.1 | 45.5% | ||||
| 1970 | $251M | $828 | 3.7% | 303K | 70.3 | 44.2% | |||||
| 1969 | 2.3% | 304K | 70.0 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 2.0% | 308K | 69.8 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 0.7% | 312K | 69.7 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 0.5% | 315K | 69.7 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 1.6% | 319K | 69.4 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 2.2% | 321K | 69.3 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 1.9% | 323K | 69.2 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 0.2% | 324K | 69.1 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 2.5% | 325K | 68.3 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 3.4% | 327K | 68.3 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)