Malta Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Dec 31, 2022

Actual

2.9

Units In

2.9

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Dec 11, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 23 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
8.24 Sep 2003	2.9 Jun 2022	5.75 %	2001-2022	N/A

In Malta, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

The unemployment rate in Malta fell to 2.7% in the second quarter of 2025 from 3.2% in the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of unemployed individuals declined by 404 year-on-year to 9,978, while the number of inactive persons dropped by 749 to 163,517. Meanwhile, the employment rate rose to 79.9% from 78.5% in the second quarter of 2025, as the number of employed persons increased by 14,187 to 329,334. The activity rate for the quarter rose to 82.3%, compared to 81.1% a year earlier, with the highest rate recorded among individuals aged 25 to 54 (91.7%).