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Economic Indicators for Malta

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate YoY	2	2.1	2.1	2	%
Balance of Trade	-525	-429	-326.9	-525	B
Industrial Production YoY	2.2	-2.3	6.2	-2.3	%
Producer Price Index YoY	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	%
Unemployment Rate	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.3	%
GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.2	%
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	129.29	129.29	129.29	100
Current account balance (% of GDP)	6.38	6.38	9	-5.55	B
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	3.11	3.11	6.39	2.93	%
Population, total	553214	553214	553214	416268
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	5.09	5.09	6.15	0.31	%
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	122.77	122.77	136.18	96.93	B
GDP growth (annual %)	5.61	5.61	12.51	-8.16	B
GDP (current US$)	20956999452.43	20956999452.43	20956999452.43	9035824366.01	B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	104.69	104.69	120.7	84.37	B
Labor force, total	313276	313276	313276	174780
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)	2.13	2.13	2.97	1.69	%
New businesses registered (number)	2756	2756	5756	2756
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	108.58	108.58	113.2	103.7
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.15	1.15	1.45	1.13	%
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	5.48	5.48	5.48	2.21
Armed forces personnel, total	2000	2000	2130	1750
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	4.38	4.38	4.65	4.11
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.68
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	179	179	179	167
Time required to start a business (days)	20.5	20.5	38.5	16
Lending interest rate (%)	4.7	4.7	4.75	4.7	%
Real interest rate (%)	2.37	2.37	3.58	1.39	%