GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Malta

GDP per capita growth in Malta in 2025 — 2.01%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 186. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 0.42 pp.

2025 2.01% −1.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 105of 186
Period maximum 18.91%2000
Period minimum -5.63%2020

Trend over time

1971–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Malta, 1971–2025-100102019711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 2.44%1972: 5.93%1973: 4.23%1974: 10.11%1975: 18.69%1976: 16.42%1977: 11.75%1978: 10.01%1979: 9.38%1980: 5.93%1981: 2.55%1982: 0.11%1983: -2%1984: 0.92%1985: 0.8%1986: 2.16%1987: 3.4%1988: 7.53%1989: 7.13%1990: 5.26%1991: 3.43%1992: 3.62%1993: 3.44%1994: 4.67%1995: 5.6%1996: 3.1%1997: 4.46%1998: 4.44%1999: 4.1%2000: 18.91%2001: -1.5%2002: 1.98%2003: 3.01%2004: -0.26%2005: 2.23%2006: 1.96%2007: 4.67%2008: 3.73%2009: -2.14%2010: 5.68%2011: 0.57%2012: 3.17%2013: 5.1%2014: 5.48%2015: 6.97%2016: 1.72%2017: 9.92%2018: 3.47%2019: -0.05%2020: -5.63%2021: 12.77%2022: 0.09%2023: 6.3%2024: 3.21%2025: 2.01%
Change over the period: −0.42 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malta

Malta 2.01%
World 1.99%
Southern Europe computed 1.25%
High-income countries computed 1.38%
GDP per capita growth — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.01 −1.19 pp
2024 3.21 −3.1 pp
2023 6.3 +6.22 pp
2022 0.09 −12.68 pp
2021 12.77 +18.39 pp
2020 -5.63 −5.58 pp
2019 -0.05 −3.52 pp
2018 3.47 −6.46 pp
2017 9.92 +8.2 pp
2016 1.72 −5.25 pp
2015 6.97 +1.49 pp
2014 5.48 +0.38 pp
2013 5.1 +1.93 pp
2012 3.17 +2.6 pp
2011 0.57 −5.11 pp
2010 5.68 +7.81 pp
2009 -2.14 −5.87 pp
2008 3.73 −0.94 pp
2007 4.67 +2.71 pp
2006 1.96 −0.26 pp
2005 2.23 +2.49 pp
2004 -0.26 −3.28 pp
2003 3.01 +1.04 pp
2002 1.98 +3.48 pp
2001 -1.5 −20.41 pp
2000 18.91 +14.81 pp
1999 4.1 −0.34 pp
1998 4.44 −0.02 pp
1997 4.46 +1.37 pp
1996 3.1 −2.51 pp
1995 5.6 +0.94 pp
1994 4.67 +1.23 pp
1993 3.44 −0.17 pp
1992 3.62 +0.19 pp
1991 3.43 −1.83 pp
1990 5.26 −1.87 pp
1989 7.13 −0.4 pp
1988 7.53 +4.13 pp
1987 3.4 +1.23 pp
1986 2.16 +1.36 pp
1985 0.8 −0.12 pp
1984 0.92 +2.92 pp
1983 -2 −2.12 pp
1982 0.11 −2.44 pp
1981 2.55 −3.38 pp
1980 5.93 −3.44 pp
1979 9.38 −0.63 pp
1978 10.01 −1.74 pp
1977 11.75 −4.68 pp
1976 16.42 −2.26 pp
1975 18.69 +8.57 pp
1974 10.11 +5.88 pp
1973 4.23 −1.69 pp
1972 5.93 +3.49 pp
1971 2.44

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.