Labour Force (Total) rose 0.522% to 0.280 mil in Malta in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Malta reached an all time high of 0.280 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.134 mil in 1990. When compared to Malta's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Greece amounted to 4.62 mil, 25.0 mil in Italy, 4.23 mil in Tunisia and 32.6 mil in Turkey in 2021.
Malta has been ranked 164th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Albania | mil | 1.31 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.41 | 1.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | mil | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | mil | 4.50 | 4.58 | 4.61 | 4.64 | 4.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 3.33 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 3.34 | 3.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 30.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 4.81 | 4.81 | 4.79 | 4.77 | 4.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 25.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.950 | 0.945 | 0.953 | 0.958 | 0.965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | mil | 0.214 | 0.223 | 0.234 | 0.252 | 0.269 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | mil | 1.01 | 0.994 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | mil | 4.81 | 4.89 | 4.92 | 4.96 | 4.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 4.12 | 4.16 | 4.18 | 4.20 | 4.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 |
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