Malta's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) was -2.49 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 251.16% from -708.83 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -2.49 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -2.17 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -708.83 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 141.53 million | 1990 |
| Lowest | -2.88 billion | 2024 |
| Average since 2016 | -1.86 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 18.72 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malta's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) rose 390.05 million on 2024 (from -2.88 billion to -2.49 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −97.64 million and a typical year strayed about 292.78 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 575.62 million in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 969.2 million in 2023. 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 downward, about 195.14 million a year. A straight line explains 77% 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 -3.31 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 309.36 million, against 1.06 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 57th highest value of the 156 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
- Bahrain — 54th of 156: -1.43 billion
- Mauritania — 55th of 156: -2.33 billion
- Gambia, The — 56th of 156: -2.43 billion
- El Salvador — 58th of 156: -2.5 billion
- Azerbaijan — 59th of 156: -3.38 billion
- Belarus — 60th of 156: -3.39 billion
What this measures
Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 56 values
| Year | Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2,489,145,923 |
| 2024 | -2,879,195,100 |
| 2023 | -2,542,469,000 |
| 2022 | -1,573,264,700 |
| 2021 | -2,148,885,700 |
| 2020 | -2,167,386,700 |
| 2019 | -1,374,714,100 |
| 2018 | -1,256,604,900 |
| 2017 | -927,555,700 |
| 2016 | -1,208,014,100 |
Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 5.41 billion (2024)
- Algeria — -713.79 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — -1.43 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — 20.1 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — -786.8 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — -588.87 trillion (2025)
- Iraq — 1.73 trillion (2024)
- Israel — -28.31 billion (2025)
- Jordan — -676.1 million (2025)
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$14.36 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 51.71% (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malta's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU)?
- -2.49 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 13,395% from 18.72 million in 1970. The highest value was 141.53 million in 1990 and the lowest -2.88 billion in 2024.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GSR.NFCY.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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