Malta

Country at a glance

Malta is a mediterranean island member of the European Union, with its capital in Valletta and Birkirkara as its largest urban area. The country joined the European Communities in 2004 in the largest single enlargement to date — the ten central-and-eastern European, Mediterranean accession. Economically, Malta is the EU's smallest member state by population, specialised in financial services, online gaming and tourism, with English as a co-official language. The country has used the euro since 2008, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. The official languages are Maltese, English. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Malta is currently 27th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; with one of the youngest median ages in the bloc (rank 25/27).

Key insights

How Malta stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡Fertility rate 1.0 — well below the 2.1 replacement level
• 🟡R&D expenditure 0.5% of GDP — far below the EU 3% target
• 🟢Unemployment 3.1% — 3rd lowest in EU
• 🔵3rd-youngest median age in EU-27 (40.0 years)

Malta vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Malta's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Malta, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Malta

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Malta (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Malta buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Malta.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Malta.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (405 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API