Malta — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Malta, 1970–2025.
GDP for Malta was 27.77 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 250.73 million in 1970 (about 110.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.94% per year.
Malta ranks 119 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 109.60 billion, so Malta sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 145%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 17 of 23 economies; Lebanon (25.97 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 28% in 1986. That is 52% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1976; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 8.1 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 114th of 146 in 1970 → 113th of 163 in 1980 → 134th of 192 in 1990 → 126th of 204 in 2000 → 141st of 212 in 2010 → 119th of 210 in 2020 → 117th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27,771,821,560.94 | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 25,042,712,191.33 | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 22,625,329,775.69 | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 18,938,869,147.08 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 19,730,119,030.62 | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 16,404,655,807.67 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 16,337,788,880.58 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 16,153,785,816.82 | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 14,161,374,599.34 | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 12,025,777,078.09 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 11,340,789,705.8 | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 11,888,029,751.6 | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 10,796,780,874.05 | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 9,609,530,618.9 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 9,789,363,086.07 | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 9,097,044,301.48 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 8,769,897,418.38 | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 9,172,399,572.86 | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 7,908,412,373.84 | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 6,749,838,861.63 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 6,393,234,964.93 | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 6,104,141,501.08 | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 5,418,315,225.49 | +21.6% |
| 2002 | 4,455,127,397.87 | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 4,070,867,153.48 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,036,809,766.66 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 4,111,857,836.4 | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 4,010,111,651.77 | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 3,787,023,654.73 | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,822,547,151.38 | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 3,709,396,089.04 | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 2,998,505,428.15 | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 2,709,193,538.43 | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 3,021,942,758.84 | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 2,750,216,746.88 | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 2,547,328,747.51 | +20.2% |
| 1989 | 2,118,655,676.68 | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 2,019,503,068.03 | +15.3% |
| 1987 | 1,751,293,460.69 | +22.0% |
| 1986 | 1,435,038,441.12 | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 1,117,797,439.14 | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1,101,807,023.05 | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 1,165,729,706.87 | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 1,234,474,404.03 | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,243,509,393.62 | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 1,250,198,601.09 | +24.9% |
| 1979 | 1,001,288,846.84 | +26.2% |
| 1978 | 793,673,401.64 | +26.9% |
| 1977 | 625,563,170.67 | +18.5% |
| 1976 | 527,936,988.79 | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 474,618,321.46 | +26.2% |
| 1974 | 376,081,124.27 | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 345,616,105.88 | +17.1% |
| 1972 | 295,106,628.34 | +11.5% |
| 1971 | 264,578,484.77 | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 250,728,796.29 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Malta’s GDP in 1971?
264,578,484.77 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Malta’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Malta’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +10976.4% in total — about 8.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 27,771,821,560.94; 2024: 25,042,712,191.33; 2023: 22,625,329,775.69; 2022: 18,938,869,147.08; 2021: 19,730,119,030.62. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.