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EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.

Europe

Malta

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

2.1
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Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

1.8
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Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

5.3
Full attractiveness profile →

Intra-EU Risk

lower score = lower risk

4.4
Full intra-EU profile →

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour2
Worker rights & FOA2
OHS & audit transparency2
Food & product safety2
Environmental & regulatory2
Governance & anti-corruption5
Tariff & preferential access1
Non-tariff barriers1
Supply chain traceability2

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict1
Supplier concentration2
Climate & physical risk3
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights2

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness4
Supply base depth3
Logistics & infrastructure5
Workforce skills6
Scalability7
Ease of doing business7
Trade access & tariffs8
Sustainability baseline5
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards5

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Malta on the world stage

Malta$9.4bn total importsEU-2765.0% · $6.1bnItaly22.1% · $2.1bnFrance13.6% · $1.3bnSpain7.8% · $740mUnited Kingdom5.2% · $494mGermany5.1% · $485mChina4.0% · $376mUS3.2% · $303mASEAN-61.6% · $152mJapan1.0% · $99m

Total imports

$9.4bn

2024 annual

Total exports

$3.8bn

173 partners

#1 import source

Italy

22.1%

#1 export dest.

Germany

22.4%

2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Intra-EU trade: Malta

EU imports from

€3.0bn

intra-EU flow

EU exports to

€8.0bn

intra-EU flow

Intra-EU rank

#83

by import value

EU trade balance

balanced or surplus

coverage 2.67

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.

Power market

● Import dependence

Market model

Liberalised wholesale market

Direct PPA

Allowed

grid access: open

Reserve margin

–

Regulator

Independent

REWS (Regulator for Energy and Water Services)

Small island system dependent on a single interconnector to Sicily (200 MW) and gas-fired generation (82%, via LNG). Malta has no domestic fossil fuel resources. Solar (10%) is growing but rooftop space and grid…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Intra-EU sourcing risk

EU · 1 = lowest risk
Governance & rule of law5
Labour standards enforcement4
Regulatory enforcement gap4
Supply chain transparency5
Political & EU-integration risk3
Payment & insolvency risk3
Logistics & Nordic connectivity7

Full intra-EU profile → · methodology

Monitored ports (1)

Marsaxlokk

Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

40.7

→ 53 by 2050

Fertility

1.11

below replacement

Working-age

66.8%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

30.3

→ 51.2 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 0.54M · peaks 2033

By 2050: +0% (0.54M)

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