Malta vs Small states: Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- Malta
- Small states
How they compare
Malta currently reports 81.3% against 63.5% in Small states, a difference of 17.8%.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.3 times Small states's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 10th and Small states ranks 10th of 204 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.9% | 56.9% | 5.0% | Malta |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 58.5% | 5.8% | Malta |
| 2010s | 74.3% | 61.9% | 12.3% | Malta |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 63.2% | 17.4% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher services, value added, Malta or Small states?
- Malta, at 81.3% against 63.5% in Small states as of 2025.
- What is the difference in services, value added between Malta and Small states?
- 17.8%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Small states?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Small states rank globally for services, value added?
- Malta ranks 10th and Small states ranks 10th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.