Unemployment rate: Malta
2.896% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.896 |
| 2024 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 3.479 |
| 2022 | 3.471 |
| 2021 | 3.754 |
| 2020 | 4.856 |
| 2019 | 4.08 |
| 2018 | 3.956 |
| 2017 | 4.008 |
| 2016 | 4.694 |
| 2015 | 5.389 |
| 2014 | 5.737 |
| 2013 | 6.115 |
| 2012 | 6.203 |
| 2011 | 6.388 |
| 2010 | 6.861 |
| 2009 | 6.896 |
| 2008 | 5.977 |
| 2007 | 6.472 |
| 2006 | 6.798 |
| 2005 | 6.923 |
| 2004 | 7.317 |
| 2003 | 7.488 |
| 2002 | 6.902 |
| 2001 | 7.107 |
| 2000 | 6.324 |
| 1999 | 6.325 |
| 1998 | 6.326 |
| 1997 | 6.328 |
| 1996 | 6.329 |
| 1995 | 6.33 |
| 1994 | 6.331 |
| 1993 | 6.332 |
| 1992 | 6.333 |
| 1991 | 6.335 |