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Malta: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1983–2025 · 43 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
3.10%percent
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 3.21%
Average, 2016–2025
3.86%10 years
Record high and low
12.5% (1983)low 3.10% (2025)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.97Forecast
20302.97Forecast
20292.97Forecast
20282.97Forecast
20273.10Forecast
20263.00Forecast
20253.10
20243.21
20233.48
20223.47
20213.77
20204.85
20194.08
20183.96
20174.01
20164.70

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1983–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1983–2025
  • AMECO (European Commission)1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2001–2025
  • Eurostat2009–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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