- Trade topics
- Trade and jobs
- EU exporter
- Malta
Maltese companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €8 billion in 2019. And this keeps 53,000 Maltese workers busy.
- Maltese extra-EU exports support 44,000 jobs in Malta.
- Another 9,000 Maltese workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
- This means 21% of jobs in Malta depend on extra-EU exports.
- Maltese extra-EU exports also support over 22,000 jobs in EU countries.
- In Malta, most people in export-related jobs are low-skilled workers.
- 80% of export-related jobs in Malta are in the services sector.
Trade and jobs
EU exports support 38 million jobs, up two thirds from 2000. More than 14 million of these workers are women. One in five jobs in the EU depends on exports.
EU exports support a significant share of jobs in all countries across the EU.