Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP): April 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Price changes and effects on inflation The highest annual inflation rates in April 2025 were recorded in Transport (5.7 per cent) and Education (5.6 per cent). On the other hand, the lowest annual inflation rates were registered in Communication (-3.7 per cent) and Furnishings, household equipment and routine household […]

Residential Building Permits: Q1/2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology Visualisations PDF Approved residential building permits and dwellings Building permits are authorisations to initiate new building projects. The objective of these statistics is to indicate the future development of construction activity in terms of the number of approved new dwellings. During the first quarter of 2025, 425 building permits for […]

Registered Employment: December 2024

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 3.5 per cent, reaching 292,589 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (9,760) and an increase in registered unemployment […]

Residential Property Transactions: April 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF This news release presents provisional data on residential property sale transactions based on the date of registration with the tax authority. Final deeds of sale In April 2025, the number of final deeds of sale relating to residential property amounted to 1,047, a decrease of 8.2 per cent when […]

Index of Industrial Production: March 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF The monthly Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a business cycle indicator. It provides an early measure of change in the volume of industrial output produced by domestic businesses in the manufacturing, energy, and quarrying sectors in Malta. Total industrial output – annual comparison  In March 2025, the index […]

Cruise Passengers: Q1/2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF There were 31 cruise liner calls during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 12 when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Transit passengers accounted for the absolute majority of total traffic, reaching 83,095 (98.2 per cent). On average, every vessel that berthed in Malta […]

Government Expenditure on Social Security Benefits: January-March 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Social Security Benefits Expenditure During the first quarter of 2025, spending on Social Security Benefits amounted to €441.7 million, 11.0 per cent higher than the €398.0 million recorded by the end of March 2024. Higher expenditure was reported for both Contributory (€38.0 million) and Non-Contributory Benefits (€5.7 million) (Table […]

Structure of General Government Debt: 2024

Salient Points News Data Methodology Visualisations PDF Tables Table 1. Structure of General Government debt by sector, year and debt holder  Table 2. Structure of General Government debt by ESA code, year and instrument  Table 3. Structure of General Government debt by year and currency of issuance  Table 4. Apparent cost of debt by year  […]
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