International tourism, number of departures in Malta
Malta: International tourism, number of departures was 218,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Malta, 2008–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
Malta recorded 218,000 for international tourism, number of departures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 71.8% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Malta peaked at 774,000 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 218,000, in 2020.
Malta ranks 94th of 117 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 292,000 | — |
| 2009 | 292,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 328,000 | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 348,000 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 368,000 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 404,000 | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 430,000 | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 456,000 | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 550,000 | +20.6% |
| 2017 | 633,000 | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 728,000 | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 774,000 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 218,000 | -71.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 292,000 | 292,000 | 292,000 | 2 |
| 2010s | 501,900 | 328,000 | 774,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,000 | 218,000 | 218,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More private sector data for Malta
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,588 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1375 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.9783 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in Malta?
- International tourism, number of departures in Malta was 218,000 in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 774,000 in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,000 in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Malta ranks 94th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.