HICP - Education, health and social protection in Malta
Malta: HICP - Education, health and social protection was 3.5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
HICP - Education, health and social protection in Malta, 1997–2025
Source: European Central Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for hicp - education, health and social protection in Malta is 3.5, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hicp - education, health and social protection in Malta peaked at 5.8 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4, in 2019.
That places Malta 16th out of 31 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
HICP - Education, health and social protection in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4.3 | — |
| 1998 | 4.5 | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 3.6 | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 4.3 | +19.4% |
| 2001 | 4.4 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 4.6 | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 4.7 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 5.8 | +23.4% |
| 2005 | 4.5 | -22.4% |
| 2006 | 3.7 | -17.8% |
| 2007 | 3.1 | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 3.5 | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 5.1 | +45.7% |
| 2010 | 4.2 | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 2.9 | -31.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1 | -27.6% |
| 2013 | 2.7 | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 2.2 | -18.5% |
| 2015 | 3.1 | +40.9% |
| 2016 | 3.1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.5 | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 1.5 | -40.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4 | -73.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5 | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 2.3 | +360.0% |
| 2022 | 2.9 | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 4.1 | +41.4% |
| 2024 | 3.8 | -7.3% |
| 2025 | 3.5 | -7.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3.5 is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.3, 81% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where HICP - Education, health and social protection in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +360.0% | 0.5 | 2.3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.13 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.37 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.47 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.85 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More health data for Malta
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,737 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.1693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0194 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.1495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hicp - education, health and social protection in Malta?
- Hicp - education, health and social protection in Malta was 3.5 in 2025, according to European Central Bank.
- What is the highest hicp - education, health and social protection recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8 in 2004.
- What is the lowest hicp - education, health and social protection recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 in 2019.
- How does Malta rank for hicp - education, health and social protection?
- Malta ranks 16th out of 31 countries with data for 2025.
- Is hicp - education, health and social protection rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from European Central Bank, published as part of HICP - Education, health and social protection (Annual average rate of change, Eurostat). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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