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Employment in services — Malta

Employment in services in Malta in 2025 — 81.4%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 19 pp.

2025 81.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 17of 182
Period maximum 82%2022
Period minimum 62.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Malta, 1991–202560657075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 62.4%1992: 62.8%1993: 63.2%1994: 63.3%1995: 63.5%1996: 64%1997: 64.4%1998: 64.7%1999: 65.3%2000: 65.2%2001: 66.6%2002: 66%2003: 67.5%2004: 68.1%2005: 68.6%2006: 70.1%2007: 72.4%2008: 72.6%2009: 73.5%2010: 73.1%2011: 74.3%2012: 76.8%2013: 77.1%2014: 78%2015: 78.6%2016: 79%2017: 79.2%2018: 80.2%2019: 79.6%2020: 80.3%2021: 80.9%2022: 82%2023: 80.9%2024: 81.2%2025: 81.4%
Change over the period: +19 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Malta 81.4%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 81.4 +0.2 pp
2024 81.2 +0.3 pp
2023 80.9 −1.1 pp
2022 82 +1.2 pp
2021 80.9 +0.6 pp
2020 80.3 +0.7 pp
2019 79.6 −0.6 pp
2018 80.2 +1 pp
2017 79.2 +0.2 pp
2016 79 +0.4 pp
2015 78.6 +0.5 pp
2014 78 +0.9 pp
2013 77.1 +0.4 pp
2012 76.8 +2.5 pp
2011 74.3 +1.2 pp
2010 73.1 −0.4 pp
2009 73.5 +0.8 pp
2008 72.6 +0.3 pp
2007 72.4 +2.3 pp
2006 70.1 +1.4 pp
2005 68.6 +0.5 pp
2004 68.1 +0.7 pp
2003 67.5 +1.5 pp
2002 66 −0.7 pp
2001 66.6 +1.5 pp
2000 65.2 −0.1 pp
1999 65.3 +0.5 pp
1998 64.7 +0.3 pp
1997 64.4 +0.4 pp
1996 64 +0.5 pp
1995 63.5 +0.2 pp
1994 63.3 +0.1 pp
1993 63.2 +0.4 pp
1992 62.8 +0.4 pp
1991 62.4 —

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MT Malta 81.4 ME Montenegro 77.6 ES Spain 76.8 GR Greece 73 PT Portugal 72.7 IT Italy 70.2 HR Croatia 69.3 SI Slovenia 64.4 MK North Macedonia 60.9 RS Serbia 54.9 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7 AL Albania 47.2
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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