Starting a business - Score in Malta
Malta: Starting a business - Score was 88.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Malta, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Malta is 88.19, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Malta peaked at 88.19 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.21, in 2013.
That places Malta 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Starting a business - Score in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75.62 | — |
| 2012 | 75.67 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 75.21 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 76.56 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 78.01 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 80.21 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 84.82 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 84.86 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 88.19 | +3.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 88.19 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 97% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Malta's 88.19 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
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 - score in Malta?
- Starting a business - score in Malta was 88.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 88.19 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.21 in 2013.
- How does Malta rank for starting a business - score?
- Malta ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.