Statistical Insights involve the application of statistical methods and techniques to analyse data generated from pilot projects. These still represent official statistical data but which are undergoing testing and therefore are not yet in their finalised form. Users should note that these statistics may carry a higher level of uncertainty and should be treated with caution.
EU-SILC: Technical note on break-in-time-series
Following the media coverage of data published from the EU-SILC survey in news release 182/2025 “EU-SILC 2024: Main dwellings”, the NSO wishes to provide further clarification on methodological updates implemented in the survey which have resulted in some of the secondary indicators from the EU-SILC 2023 and EU-SILC 2024 to no longer be fully comparable with previous years.
Date: 20/10/2025
Theme: Living Conditions
Sales and Use of Inorganic Fertilisers
As part of the Statistics on Agricultural Input and Output (SAIO) Regulation (EU) 2022/2379, Member States will be required to report the quantity of nutrients from inorganic fertilisers used on an annual basis and the absolute input prices of specific fertilisers. In view of these requirements, the NSO carried out a project in order to set up a new statistical system through which these datasets were collected.
Date: 30/09/2025
Theme: Agriculture
Participation in compulsory education
With the aim of providing more current statistical indications on enrolment in mandatory education, the NSO is publishing flash estimates that provide an initial snapshot of trends prior to the release of final and fully validated statistics become available.
Date: 01/08/2025
Theme: Education
Tourism Intensity
Tourism intensity is a key indicator that measures the presence of tourists relative to the resident population. It combines two figures: the number of nights spent by tourists and the local population. To compare the inbound tourist population to the local population, it is essential to consider the daily average presence of tourists and residents within a specific time-period and area.
Date: 14/04/2025
Theme: Tourism
Paid Care Work in Malta
The information in this release is based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is an enquiry among households which is used to monitor labour market trends across the European Union. The LFS is conducted according to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, which sets rules for collecting and analyzing data about individuals and households in a standardized way. It also follows Regulation (EU) 2020/257, which specifies the details about variables related to the labour force.
Date: 06/02/2025
Theme: Labour Market
Statistical papers refer to research papers or articles that focus on statistical methods, analyses, and findings. These papers are typically written by our statisticians, who investigate a research problem and employ different statistical methods to analyse data and draw conclusions.
Wellbeing and socio-economic determinants in the self-perception of general health status in the Maltese Islands
This paper describes an exploratory analysis of various socio-economic and wellbeing variables and their relationship with the reported health status collected annually in the Survey of Income and Living Conditions, EU-SILC, in Malta from 2018 to 2022.
Date: 18/11/2024
Theme: Living Conditions
Contrasting population dynamics
This article provides a brief analysis of the differences in the age and sex structure of the Maltese and foreign population in 2023.
Date: 16/09/2024
Theme: Population
Projecting the Past: Micro-Based Backcasting Methods in Business Statistics through Micro Decomposition Analysis
Backcasting is a key component for ensuring data consistency and reliability in historical data using modernised classifications and emerging methodological supplements to meet contemporary realities within the business economy. This methodological note explores pragmatic backcasting techniques, emphasising the adequacy of micro-based approaches in business statistics.
Date: 21/08/2024
Impact of 2021 Census on the Labour Force Survey headline indicators
Following the publication of the 2021 Census of Population and Housing, and the subsequent revision in the demographic timeseries, a reweighting exercise was conducted to align results from the LFS to these demographic revisions. A comparative analysis was conducted to assess the impact of the revised weights on the headline indicators from the LFS, mainly employment and unemployment rates.
Date: 08/03/2024
Theme: Labour Market
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A Collection of Papers by the National Statistics Office and the Malta Statistics Authority
