Direct Investment in Malta and Abroad: January-June 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Malta
During the first six months of 2025, FDI flows in Malta increased by €5.6 billion (Table 1). The main contributors to total FDI flows were financial and insurance activities, with most transactions conducted with EU partners (Table 2).
In June 2025, the FDI position stood at €485.1 billion, marking a rise of €18.9 billion compared with the same period a year earlier. Financial and insurance activities accounted for 98.4 per cent of the total FDI position (Table 3).
Direct Investment abroad
During the first half of 2025, direct investment flows abroad amounted to €6.1 billion, mainly in the form of equity and investment fund shares/units (Table 4).
Direct investment position abroad reached €459.2 billion in June 2025, an increase of €13.2 billion compared with 2024. Financial and insurance activities accounted for 99.5 per cent of the total outward FDI, with most investment directed towards EU partners (Table 6).
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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-June 2025
- At the end of June 2025, foreign direct investment position in Malta stood at €485.1 billion, while direct investment abroad amounted to €459.2 billion.
- The main contributors to both inward and outward foreign direct investment were financial and insurance activities.
- During the first six months of 2025, foreign direct investment flows in Malta and abroad went up by €5.6 billion and €6.1 billion, respectively.
