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Labor Force Participation Rate for Malta, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.98%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +28.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Malta was 63.98% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 64.28% in 2023. The lowest was 48.32% in 2004 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.71% per year.
Malta ranks 76 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Malta sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.98%
First (1990)
49.87%
Change
+28.3%
Highest
64.28%
in 2023
Lowest
48.32%
in 2004
Average
53.57%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.71%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.98% |
| 2024 | 64.16% |
| 2023 | 64.28% |
| 2022 | 64% |
| 2021 | 62.41% |
| 2020 | 61.48% |
| 2019 | 60.28% |
| 2018 | 59.26% |
| 2017 | 57.66% |
| 2016 | 56.58% |
| 2015 | 55.63% |
| 2014 | 55.17% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.