Nicholas Falzon, Author at NSO Malta

Structural Business Statistics: 2023

Salient Points News Data Methodology Visualisation PDF In 2023, the non-financial business economy in Malta, covering all market activities classified under NACE Sections B to S (excluding K, O and S94) and not including Agriculture and Fisheries, generated €13.5 billion in Value added. This consisted of €7.9 billion in Gross operating surplus (profits) and €5.6 […]

Quarterly Accounts for General Government: Q1/2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Quarterly non-financial accounts (t/t-4) During the period January to March 2025, total revenue stood at €1,979.7 million, an increase of €289.3 million when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2024. This was mainly brought about by increases in Current taxes on income and wealth (€212.0 million), Market output (€29.4 […]

Residential Property Price Index (RPPI): Q1/2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF During the first quarter of 2025, the Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) stood at 169.09, an annual rise of 5.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding quarter of 2024. In the period under review, the Apartments Price Index and the Maisonettes Price Index stood at 168.67 and 162.06, […]

Statistics on Libraries: 2024

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF When compared to the preceding year, public libraries in the district of the Southern Harbour and in the Western district registered the largest increases in book loans, at the rates of 3.1 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively. In the sister island of Gozo, the majority of book […]

Registered Unemployment: May 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Data provided by Jobsplus for May 2025 indicate a year-on-year decrease of 148 and 25 persons registering under Part I and Part II of the unemployment register, respectively (Tables 5 and 8). Males accounted for 67.3 per cent of the total registrants, while females accounted for the remaining 32.7 […]

Industrial Producer Price Indices: May 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Annual comparison When compared to May 2024, the industrial producer price index dropped by 0.4 per cent. The price of the intermediate goods went down by 3.6 per cent. On the other hand, the consumer goods and the capital goods increased by 2.0 per cent and 0.7 per cent, […]

Government Finance Data: January-May 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Between January and May 2025, Recurrent Revenue amounted to €3,009.6 million, €108.2 million higher than the figure reported a year earlier. The largest increases were recorded under Social Security (€77.7 million), Customs and Excise Duties (€37.0 million) and Income Tax (€30.3 million). On the other hand, lower revenue was […]

International Economic and Financial Transactions: Q1/2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Provisional figures for Malta’s external transactions show that during January to March 2025, the current account balance recorded a surplus of €269.4 million, compared to a surplus of €185.2 million in the same quarter of the previous year. This surplus was primarily the result of positive balances in the […]

Unemployment Rate: May 2025

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF The unemployment rate for May 2025 stood at 2.7 per cent, increasing by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, and decreasing by 0.5 percentage points when compared to May 2024 (Table 1, Chart 1). During May 2025, the number of unemployed persons stood at 8,970, an increase of […]