Tag: statistics
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Cars keep increasing in Malta at an alarming rate
According to the latest NSO statistics, the number of vehicles on Maltese roads continued increasing during the second quarter of 2026, with the total stock of licensed motor vehicles rising by another 3,086 vehicles. This amounts to a net average increase of 34 vehicles every day. By the end of June, Malta had 463,734 licensed…
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More than one-third of job vacancies in retail and catering
According to the latest NSO statistics, up to 31% of all vacancies in Malta in the first quarter of this year were posted by the retail industry, catering services and the tourism industry. Another 30% of the vacancies involved administrative and technical roles. Less than 10% of the vacancies were in the manufacturing industry making…
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European agriculture output growing: technology replacing labour
According to the latest Eurostat statistics, the European agriculture industry has seen noticeable growth in 2025, with labour productivity increasing by 9.2%, compared to the previous year. The productivity increase was driven by an 8.1% in real factor income generated by agricultural holdings and 1% reduction in the volume of agricultural labour. Agricultural labour productivity…
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Malta with the highest rate of buses on the roads in the EU
According to the latest Eurostat statistics, Malta has the highest rate of buses on the streets in the EU. There were a total of 737,142 buses and motor coaches (including trolleybuses, mini-buses and mini-coaches) in the EU, with an average of 1.6 buses and motor coaches per 1 000 inhabitants. Malta had the highest rate…
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Record increase in household income in 2024 but inflation is taking a huge toll
According to the latest statistics by the National Statistics Office, real household gross disposable income per capita increased by 8.6% in 2024 compared to 3.2% in 2023. The increase aligns with other high economic and financial metrics for 2024 being a record-breaking year for the economy on various metrics. Total household consumption expenditure in 2024…
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4.3% of workers in Malta work in arts and culture: higher than the EU average
According to the latest statistics by Eurostat, up to 4.3% of workers in Malta are employed in the arts and culture industries. This is higher than the EU average of 3.8% with a total of up to 7.9 million people in Europe working in the arts and culture industries. Culture employment in the EU grew…
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Maltese men have the healthiest lifespan in the EU with up to 71.7 years
Yesterday was international men’s day. Commemorating this event, Eurostat shared this statistic that we are sharing here. According to the latest Eurostat figures, Maltese men have the highest healthy lifespan in the EU with up to 71.7 years if their lifespan considered as healthy. Maltese men are followed by Italian men with 68.5 years and…
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3,798 individuals reported domestic violence in 2024: 5.7% higher than 2023
According to latest NSO statistics, 3,798 individuals reported domestic violence or made use of government services for domestic violence victims in 2024: 5.7% higher than 2023. Up to 535 perpetrators also made use of a new government reporting system with up to 94% of them being males. 76% of the persons reporting domestic violence were…
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424 full-time jobs and 404 part-time jobs created in the month of May this year
According to the latest NSO statistics, up to 424 full-time jobs and 404 part-time jobs were created in the month of May this year with the total full-time workforce rising to 295,995 people: this figure is a 3.9% increase from the same month of last year. Compared to the same month of last year, in…
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Malta with the second highest growth in tourists’ nights after Cyprus in the EU
According to the latest EuroStat figures, Malta has had the second-highest increase of tourists’ nights spent in the country among EU countries in 2024 compared with 2023 with an increase of 14.4%. The country with the highest increase in tourist nights was Cyprus with 14.5% increase. Finland had the largest decrease with 0.7% followed by…
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Malta’s population reaches 574,250 as migration drives growth, natural increase declines – NSO
Malta’s total resident population reached 574,250 by the end of 2024, marking a 1.9% increase over the previous year, according to new data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on the occasion of World Population Day. This growth was primarily fuelled by net migration of 10,614 people, with non-EU citizens making up 76.6% of…
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Only 23.6% of households have children in the EU: most families have only one child
According to the latest Eurostat statistics, only 23.6% of the households in the EU have children with up to 49.8% of the families having only one child. 37.6% of the families had 2 children and only 12.6% had three children or more. The countries with the highest share of households with children are Slovakia with…