Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued in Malta
Malta: Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued was 19 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued in Malta, 2002–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued in Malta stood at 19.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued in Malta peaked at 19.1 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.75, in 2002.
That places Malta 41st out of 50 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7.75 | — |
| 2003 | 8.02 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 8.51 | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 8.84 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 8.82 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 9.27 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 11.8 | +27.3% |
| 2016 | 14.2 | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 15.6 | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 16.1 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 17.4 | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 18.2 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 19.1 | +4.9% |
| 2025 | 19 | -0.5% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 19 is below the median for high income countries, which is 44.84, 42% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +27.3% | 9.27 | 11.8 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.54 | 7.75 | 9.27 | 6 |
| 2010s | 13 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 2 |
| 2020s | 17.57 | 15.6 | 19.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More work & labour data for Malta
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7863 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8415 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.2041 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 404.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 168.51 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 191.42 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 359.93 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued in Malta?
- Average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued in Malta was 19 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 19.1 in 2024.
- What is the lowest average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.75 in 2002.
- How does Malta rank for average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued?
- Malta ranks 41st out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data on labour cost is presented, whenever possible, in nominal terms and on the basis of the mean hourly labour cost per employee. Labour cost is the cost incurred by the employer in the employment of labour in a specified reference period. It comprises remuneration for work performed, payments in respect of time paid for but not worked, bonuses and gratuities, the cost of food, drink and other payments in kind, cost of workers' housing borne by employers, employers' social security expenditures, cost to the employer for vocational training, welfare services and miscellaneous items, such as transport of workers, work clothes and recruitment, together with taxes regarded as labour cost. For more information, refer to the Prices, Costs, and Currency Conversions (PRICES) database description.