MT · 2021 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Malta, 2021
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
3.8%
Malta, 2021
▼ 22.4% vs 2020 (4.9%)
Analysis
In 2021, Malta's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 22.4% compared to 2020, reaching 3.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.1%.
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 4.7% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
53.5%
EU-27: 7.1%
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a