Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) in Malta

Malta: Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) was 8,297 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
8,297
Change on year
down 3.9%
World rank
32nd
of 34 countries
All-time high
9,677
in 2010
All-time low
8,297
in 2020
Years of data
13
2008–2020

Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) in Malta, 2008–2020

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k2008201420202008: 9.0k2009: 9.7k2010: 9.7k2011: 9.6k2012: 9.3k2013: 9.0k2014: 9.0k2015: 8.8k2016: 9.3k2017: 9.1k2018: 8.8k2019: 8.6k2020: 8.3k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

Malta recorded 8,297 for distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) in Malta peaked at 9,677 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8,297, in 2020.

That places Malta 32nd out of 34 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020) in Malta, 2008 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2008 8,957
2009 9,659 +7.8%
2010 9,677 +0.2%
2011 9,587 -0.9%
2012 9,260 -3.4%
2013 8,999 -2.8%
2014 9,040 +0.5%
2015 8,845 -2.2%
2016 9,348 +5.7%
2017 9,124 -2.4%
2018 8,837 -3.1%
2019 8,637 -2.3%
2020 8,297 -3.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9,308 8,957 9,659 2
2010s 9,135 8,637 9,677 10
2020s 8,297 8,297 8,297 1

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 29 North Macedonia 22,618 compare
  2. 30 Estonia 18,359 compare
  3. 31 Cyprus 16,895 compare
  4. 33 Luxembourg 7,640 compare
  5. 34 Iceland 4,154 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) in Malta?
Distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) in Malta was 8,297 in 2020, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 9,677 in 2010.
What is the lowest distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 8,297 in 2020.
How does Malta rank for distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g)?
Malta ranks 32nd out of 34 countries with data for 2020.
Is distributive trades by employment size class (nace rev. 2, g) rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 520 data points, 2005–2020
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