Starting a business: Minimum capital in Malta
Malta: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 1.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Malta, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1.0% for starting a business: minimum capital in 2019.
The figure is down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Malta peaked at 1.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2003.
That places Malta 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Malta, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.8% | — |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +125.0% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
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 starting a business: minimum capital in Malta?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Malta was 1.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2003.
- How does Malta rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Malta ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.