Malta: Gross domestic income (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Malta's gross domestic income (constant LCU) rose 3.6% on 2024 (from 19.67 billion to 20.38 billion).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 4.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.9% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 3% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 935.04 million a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 22.95 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 818.61 million, against 2.75 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Malta had the 120th highest value of the 128 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Malta in the 2025 ranking

• El Salvador — 117th of 128: 29.71 billion
• Seychelles — 118th of 128: 28.92 billion
• Lesotho — 119th of 128: 25.54 billion
• Venezuela, RB — 121st of 128: 20.01 billion
• Brunei Darussalam — 122nd of 128: 18.84 billion
• Sudan — 123rd of 128: 13.17 billion

What this measures

Real gross domestic income (real GDI) measures the purchasing power of the total incomes generated by domestic production. It is a concept that exists in real terms only. When the terms of trade change there may be a significant divergence between the movements of GDP in volume terms and real GDI. The difference between the change in GDP in volume terms and real GDI is generally described as the “trading gain” (or loss) or, to turn this round, the trading gain or loss from changes in the terms of trade is the difference between real GDI and GDP in volume terms. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 26 values

Gross domestic income (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 10.06 trillion (2025)
• Bahrain — 15.72 billion (2024)
• Djibouti — 766.9 billion (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 8.46 trillion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 69,218.5 trillion (2025)
• Iraq — 186.48 trillion (2024)
• Israel — 1.75 trillion (2025)
• Kuwait — 36.28 billion (2024)
• Lebanon — 39.48 trillion (2024)
• Libya — 66.51 billion (2025)
• Morocco

More economic policy & debt data for Malta

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.54 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.49 billion (2025)
• Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 46.54% (2023)
• Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 1.23% (2023)
• Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) — 6.47% (2023)
• Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing) — 30.86% (2023)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$14.36 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 51.71% (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Malta's gross domestic income (constant LCU)?

20.38 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 234.28% from 6.1 billion in 2000 (4.95% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 20.38 billion in 2025 and the lowest 6.1 billion in 2000.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDY.TOTL.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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