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Malta: prices

Malta's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Malta, the page says so.

Transport prices: Malta is the 3rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

annual average change: 3.6% for Malta, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole.

Malta against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Malta: 2.4% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the 18th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 16Luxembourg2.5%
joint 16Slovenia2.5%
18Malta2.4%
joint 19Czechia2.3%
joint 19Germany2.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 6.1% in 2022. Lowest: 0.7% in 2007.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 3.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 12* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Malta: 3.5% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 16th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
14Hungary3.8%
15Austria3.6%
16Malta3.5%
17Slovakia3.1%
18Italy3.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 10.8% in 2022. Lowest: -0.2% in 2004.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 17* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Malta: 0.9% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the 22nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 20Germany1.1%
joint 20Italy1.1%
22Malta0.9%
23Finland0.6%
24Czechia0.1%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 10.6% in 2006. Lowest: -6.1% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 10* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Malta: 0.0% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 16th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
14Slovakia1.2%
15Lithuania0.3%
16Malta0.0%
17Portugal-0.1%
18Ireland-0.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 29.1% in 2010. Lowest: -16.2% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): -0.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 9* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Malta: 3.6% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Estonia8.0%
2Romania4.6%
3Malta3.6%
4Slovakia2.3%
5Germany2.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 7.8% in 2011. Lowest: -4.3% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 2.6%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Malta: 6.0% in 2025, the 14th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 11Ireland7.5%
13Slovenia7.3%
14Malta6.0%
15Romania5.7%
16Estonia5.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2006 to 2025. Highest: 21.0% in 2007. Lowest: -4.3% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.1%*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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