Malta
GDP growth in Malta
GDP growth in Malta: -0.8% a year in 2001 and 4.7% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.7% a year
- Since 2001
- +5.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 41 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 4% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 13.3% a year in 2021, the lowest -3.5% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Malta |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 13.3 |
| 2020 | -3.5 |
| 2019 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2016 | 4.1 |
| 2015 | 9.6 |
| 2014 | 7.6 |
| 2013 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2010 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | -1.4 |
| 2008 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | 2.9 |
| 2004 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 3.7 |
| 2002 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | -0.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Malta |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.2 |
| 2027 | 4 |
| 2028 | 4 |
| 2029 | 4 |
| 2030 | 4 |
| 2031 | 4 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$117M in 2025
- Military spending per person$230 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.73% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports45 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2015