In May 2024, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the HICP was 2.3 per cent, down from 2.4 per cent in April 2024.
During April 2024, provisional figures for registered trade in goods in Malta are showing a deficit of €332.4 million as opposed to a deficit of €493.4 million in the corresponding month of 2023.
During the first quarter of 2024, the Labour Force Survey estimates that the total number of persons in employment was 306,571, 4.6 per cent higher when compared to the previous year.
During April 2024, the industrial producer price index registered an increase of 0,6% when compared to the corresponding month of 2023.
The survey shows that the number of persons living in households with a national equivalised income below the at-risk-of-poverty line (€11,364) was 88,462. This translates into an at-risk-of-poverty rate of 16.6 per cent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points when compared to the
Components leading to the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate
- Malta: Outbound tourism to Italy +34,5%
- Malta: Full time employment + 7,6 %
- Malta: Inbound Tourism Hits 240,851 in March 2024
- Over 140.000 Business Units Registered in 2023, with Microenterprises Leading the Way
- Malta: the stock of licensed motor vehicles + 831
- Malta: Producer price index = - 0,3 %
- Malta: unemployment rate at 3.2%
- Malta : Government’s Consolidated Fund = +€41.6 million
- Malta : Annual rate of inflation = -0,4%
- Malta : General government deficit = €596.9 million





