Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Malta's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 8.6% compared to 2023, reaching 3.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 5.9%.

Malta ranks 25th 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 22.0% (from 4.1% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.