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General profile: Malta

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
0.540 Millions
0.923 EUR/US$
24 071 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 320 km²
..
4.80 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+9.1 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
2 399
3 586
2 607
3 782
Merchandise imports
3 681
5 062
6 036
9 461
Merchandise trade balance
-1 282
-1 476
-3 429
-5 679
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
2 %2 %67 %67 %24 %24 %6 %6 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
642197184175174642197184175174
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
4 152
10 046
13 491
24 663
Services imports
3 263
8 453
10 261
17 200
Services trade balance
889
1 593
3 230
7 464
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
7.9
3.8
4.5
19.9
Travel
18.2
10.6
10.2
11.7
Other services
71.1
84.5
84.4
67.6
TRADE INDICES
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ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+4.8 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
6 383
9 097
11 341
24 071
GDP per capita, current US$
15 442
21 524
25 486
44 607
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.88
6.20
9.62
4.80
Current account balance, % of GDP
-6.55
-4.61
2.65
5.75
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.805
0.754
0.901
0.923
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
46.716.719.9122.9106.246.716.719.9122.9106.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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-0.4 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
25 083.21
5 409.47
5 069.24
5 370.68
FDI outflows
14 262.71
-409.89
5 269.06
-101.32
Personal remittances, % of GDP
3.48
2.52
2.42
0.06
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
15.415.412.214.013.713.220.724.3251.4274.4252.8245.9200.1227.1229.6259.9264.5229.3208.8222.15 3711 8402 4151 9221 908-1 9714 1566 5724 2485 06911 20512 00814 18421 8765 4092 90712 68939 62017 69125 08312 608960-419235582FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
-4.91
-0.26
9.57
18.95
Balance, % of imports
-4.52
-0.18
7.03
18.66
Normalized balance
-0.023
-0.001
0.034
0.085
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
222221233209239238222218267282270289312309294289292256252212
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 95%Urban 95%Rural 5%Rural 5%
OTHER INDICATORS
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4.345 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
36 101
56 156
86 386
102 544
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
2 414 479
3 120 668
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
3.25
2.67
9.19
24.26
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
25.51
15.30
6.38
9.98
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
4.08
4.42
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025