MT · 2021 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Malta, 2021
Unemployment rate by sex
7.60
Malta, 2021
▼ 22.4% vs 2020 (9.80)
Analysis
In 2021, Malta's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 22.4% compared to 2020, reaching 7.60.
Malta accounts for 53.5% of the EU-27 total of 14.2.
Malta ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.1% (from 9.40 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
53.5%
EU-27: 14.2
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120