NUTS-3 MT001 · Malta
Malta
Malta generates €22bn of GDP across 533k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 7.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (84th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (33th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser27 → 62 EU percentile since 1995 (+35 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Demographic outlook97
Growth momentum93
Labour market85
Digital readiness85
Economic base84
Energy cost73
Talent & skills66
Cost advantage65
Quality of life56
Resilience53
Connectivity37
Governance30
Industrial base9
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth93
Livability55.6
Market access14
Economic scale83
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability61
Diversification9
Demographic stability100
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
36.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density0
Airport access96
Market access14
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
66
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary77
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers44
Scientists & engineers57
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
55.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs84
Education35
Health75
Safety60.3
Connectivity42.5
Environment33
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
93
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+2.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 33.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2728
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 7.7%Construction 3.5%Trade · transport · ICT 31%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.8%Public · health · education 23.5%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€22,102M2024
10.6% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,527M2025
4.0% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Population
532,9972025
2.0% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
3.1% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
308,4302024
5.0% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Productivity / employee
€73,2512025
2.2% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Gross value added
€20,480M2024
10.4% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,480M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€100M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,577M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,272M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — construction (F)
€722M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,352M
2024 · EU pctl 89
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,200
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 84
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,800
2024 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,280M
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€228M
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€9,681M
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,670M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,623M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,926M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,803M
2024 · EU pctl 85
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,527M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,251
2025 · EU pctl 33
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,184M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
308,430
2024 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
41,350
2024 · EU pctl 82
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,700
2024 · EU pctl 63
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
317,200
2025 · EU pctl 86
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
52,349
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
8,968
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
3,384
2023 · EU pctl 80
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 90
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.7%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,982,334
2024 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
576 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
371,952
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged 65+
96,499
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
64,546
2025 · EU pctl 74
Median age of population
39.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
19.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
4,055
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
3,839
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.3%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.01
2024 · EU pctl 3
Population density (persons per km²)
2,154 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
668,272
2100 · EU pctl 88
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
904 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
193 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
132 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
785 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.91
2022 · EU pctl 31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
2022 · EU pctl 14
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.85
2022 · EU pctl 30
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.45
2022 · EU pctl 15
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.93
2022 · EU pctl 93
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.116/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 27
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
92 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 67
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
66
2024 · EU pctl 91
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
34.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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