Malta scored 68.55 points out of 100 on the 2019 Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Index in Malta averaged 19.17 Points from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 68.75 Points in 2018 and a record low of 4.20 Points in 2008. source: World Economic Forum

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Business Confidence	120.60	112.00	points	Dec 2025
Capacity Utilization	71.80	68.00	percent	Dec 2025
Car Registrations	1708.00	1684.00	Units	Sep 2025
Changes in Inventories	44393.00	41708.00	EUR Thousand	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	46.00	51.00	Points	Dec 2024
Corruption Rank	65.00	55.00		Dec 2024
Electricity Production	169.39	174.27	Gigawatt-hour	Nov 2025
Industrial Production YoY	-8.20	0.20	percent	Nov 2025
Industrial Production MoM	-1.30	0.10	percent	Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production	-9.00	-0.20	percent	Nov 2025
Mining Production	30.60	27.20	percent	Nov 2025

Malta Competitiveness Index

The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. The report is made up of 98 variables, from a combination of data from international organizations as well as from the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey. The variables are organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability. The GCI varies between 1 and 100, higher average score means higher degree of competitiveness. With the 2018 edition, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology, aiming to integrate the notion of the 4th Industrial Revolution into the definition of competitiveness. It emphasizes the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution.