Direct Investment in Malta and Abroad: January-December 2023
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Malta
During the year 2023, FDI flows in Malta went up by €20.4 billion (Table 1). The main contributors to total FDI flows were Financial and insurance activities with a total contribution of 88.8 per cent (Table 2).
In December 2023, the stock position of FDI amounted to €430.5 billion, an increase of €15.0 billion over the corresponding period of the previous year. As in previous years, Financial and insurance activities accounted for 97.7 per cent of FDI stocks in December 2023 (Table 3).
Direct Investment Abroad
During 2023, direct investment flows abroad totalled €18.6 billion, mainly in the form of equity and investment fund shares/units (Table 4).
The stock position of direct investment abroad stood at €404.4 billion in December 2023, up by €12.5 billion over the stock position in 2022. Financial and insurance activities made up 99.3 per cent of the total FDI abroad (Table 6).
Chart 1. FDI in Malta and abroad
Stock positions as at the end of December
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Methodological Notes
3. Direct Investment flows include transactions occurring during a particular period. Besides accumulated flows, the Direct Investment Stock Position takes into account any market value revaluations, reclassifications and exchange rate changes prevailing at the end of the reporting period.
4. The type of data collection system used to compile the Direct Investment is a composite system based on monthly, quarterly and annual direct reporting (DR) enterprise surveys, as well as various other sources that are identified from time to time by the BoP compilers. No major sectors of the economy are excluded from the aggregate data. The data for all components are compiled from these surveys. Where not directly available, preliminary figures on reinvested earnings are estimates based on an average of the previous four years. The final data on reinvested earnings are then compiled from the annual DR survey.
5. The classification used for economic activity is NACE Rev. 2, which corresponds to the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community. Both the data on Direct Investment abroad and Foreign Direct Investment in Malta are classified on the basis of the industrial activity of the resident direct investment enterprises. Due to confidentiality issues, aggregate economic activities are grouped as follows:
Direct Investment in Malta and Abroad: January-December 2023
- As at December 2023, the stock position of Foreign Direct Investment in Malta stood at €430.5 billion, while Direct Investment abroad amounted to €404.4 billion.
- The main contributors to both inward and outward FDI were Financial and insurance activities.
- During the year 2023, FDI flows in Malta and abroad went up by €20.4 billion and €18.6 billion respectively.
