Malta’s employment trajectory and the productivity challenge
Fresh statistics from Malta's National Statistics Office, issued as release NR-166/2026, describe a labour market expanding quickly and staffing up at record levels. Full-time employment averaged 286,698 people in 2024 by the office's reckoning. The workforce has never been bigger, which raises a harder question: whether productivity is growing as fast as headcount.
The recently-published official employment statistics published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under News Release NR-166/2026, details a period of rapid and substantial labour market expansion in Malta. The macro-level metrics illustrate a workforce operating at record headcount levels. Full-time gainfully occupied employment, which stood at an annual average of 286,698 individuals in 2024 and […] The post Malta’s employment trajectory and the productivity challenge first appeared on The Malta Business Weekly .