Malta: Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$340,000 in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was US$105,000 in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2016, Malta had the 5th highest value of the 18 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 2016 ranking

• Korea, Rep. — 8th of 18: US$0
• Lithuania — 9th of 18: US$0
• Malaysia — 10th of 18: US$0
• Dominica — 12th of 18: −US$31,000
• Slovak Republic — 13th of 18: −US$279,000
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 14th of 18: −US$1.32 million

What this measures

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IBRD is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the founding and largest member of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 47 values

Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Algeria — −US$725,000 (2017)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$20.68 million (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — −US$3.08 million (2024)
• Iraq — −US$255.68 million (2024)
• Jordan — US$958.51 million (2024)
• Lebanon — US$195.81 million (2024)
• Morocco — US$1.29 billion (2024)
• Pakistan — US$172.54 million (2024)
• Tunisia — US$248.94 million (2024)

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 net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)?

US$0 in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 100% from −US$325,000 in 1970. The highest value was US$0 in 1982 and the lowest −US$535,000 in 1979.

How does Malta rank?

5th highest of 18 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MIBR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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