Net migration rate in Malta
Net migration to Malta came to 23.9 per 1,000 people in 2025.
Malta, 2025
23.9
Change from 2024
+5.2per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.0 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
2nd of 43
Net migration rate in Malta over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.9 per 1,000 people | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 18.7 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 37.9 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 41.0 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 7.4 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 42.1 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 35.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 31.5 per 1,000 people | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 18.9 per 1,000 people | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 22.4 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 22.4 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 13.9 per 1,000 people | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 10.1 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 0.2 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 5.6 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 5.7 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 0.1 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 4.8 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 4.4 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 5.5 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +5.2 from 18.7 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.5.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 2nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Immigration
34,033 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
0.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
23,419 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,145 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
405 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
12.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division