ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Malta

Malta: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 84.2 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
84.2 %
Change on year
up 10.6%
World rank
19th
of 72 countries
All-time high
87.6 %
in 2013
All-time low
68 %
in 2022
Years of data
21
2004–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Malta, 2004–2024

0204060802004201420242004: 83.9 %2005: 82.4 %2006: 82.3 %2007: 81.4 %2008: 82.7 %2009: 79.9 %2010: 82.3 %2011: 81.7 %2012: 85.2 %2013: 87.6 %2014: 85.6 %2015: 85.4 %2016: 84.5 %2017: 76.1 %2018: 78.8 %2019: 71 %2020: 76.9 %2021: 84 %2022: 68 %2023: 76.1 %2024: 84.2 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Malta recorded 84.2 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2024.

That represents a change of up 10.6% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Malta peaked at 87.6 % in 2013 and was at its lowest, 68 %, in 2022.

Malta ranks 19th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Malta, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value in Malta, 2004 to 2024.
Year % Change
2004 83.9 %
2005 82.4 % -1.8%
2006 82.3 % -0.1%
2007 81.4 % -1.1%
2008 82.7 % +1.6%
2009 79.9 % -3.4%
2010 82.3 % +3.0%
2011 81.7 % -0.7%
2012 85.2 % +4.3%
2013 87.6 % +2.8%
2014 85.6 % -2.3%
2015 85.4 % -0.2%
2016 84.5 % -1.1%
2017 76.1 % -9.9%
2018 78.8 % +3.5%
2019 71 % -9.9%
2020 76.9 % +8.3%
2021 84 % +9.2%
2022 68 % -19.0%
2023 76.1 % +11.9%
2024 84.2 % +10.6%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 84.2 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.45 %, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 84.2 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 70.55 %, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 82.1 % 79.9 % 83.9 % 6
2010s 81.82 % 71 % 87.6 % 10
2020s 77.84 % 68 % 84.2 % 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 16 Slovenia 85 % compare
  2. 17 Latvia 84.9 % compare
  3. 18 Czechia 84.8 % compare
  4. 20 Slovakia 84.1 % compare
  5. 21 France 83.8 % compare
  6. 22 Portugal 83.1 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Malta?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Malta was 84.2 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 87.6 % in 2013.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 68 % in 2022.
How does Malta rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Malta ranks 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,462 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.