Personal remittances received in Malta

Personal remittances received by Malta were equal to 0.1% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malta, 2024 0.1% % of GDP
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 0.1%
European Union, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 1.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 153rd of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Malta over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MaltaEuropean Union
2025 – 0.8%
2024 0.1% 0.8%
2023 0.1% 0.8%
2022 0.1% 0.8%
2021 0.1% 0.8%
2020 0.1% 0.8%
2019 0.1% 0.8%
2018 0.1% 0.8%
2017 0.2% 0.8%
2016 2.1% 0.8%
2015 2.4% 0.8%
2014 2.1% 0.8%
2013 2.3% 0.7%
2012 2.1% 0.7%
2011 2.3% 0.6%
2010 2.5% 0.6%
2009 3.0% 0.6%
2008 2.9% 0.6%
2007 2.9% 0.6%
2006 3.1% 0.5%
2005 3.5% 0.5%
2004 5.2% 0.5%
2003 0.5% 0.5%
2002 0.5% 0.4%
2001 0.3% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.1%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 153rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Malta
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data