{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"mt-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/mt-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/mt-minimum-wage/","title":"Malta Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"Malta's Minimum Wage: 961 EUR per month in 2025, +3.9% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Malta","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"Malta","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Malta Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Malta"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Malta (2025)","value":"961","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+3.9% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+3.9%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Malta Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":507.5},{"period":"2001","value":539},{"period":"2002","value":544.5},{"period":"2003","value":545.5},{"period":"2004","value":544.5},{"period":"2005","value":558.5},{"period":"2006","value":584},{"period":"2007","value":602},{"period":"2008","value":617},{"period":"2009","value":635},{"period":"2010","value":660},{"period":"2011","value":665},{"period":"2012","value":685},{"period":"2013","value":703},{"period":"2014","value":718},{"period":"2015","value":720},{"period":"2016","value":728},{"period":"2017","value":736},{"period":"2018","value":748},{"period":"2019","value":762},{"period":"2020","value":777},{"period":"2021","value":785},{"period":"2022","value":792},{"period":"2023","value":835},{"period":"2024","value":925},{"period":"2025","value":961}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"961.0","yoyChange":"+3.9%"},{"year":"2024","value":"925.0","yoyChange":"+10.8%"},{"year":"2023","value":"835.0","yoyChange":"+5.4%"},{"year":"2022","value":"792.0","yoyChange":"+0.9%"},{"year":"2021","value":"785.0","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2020","value":"777.0","yoyChange":"+2.0%"},{"year":"2019","value":"762.0","yoyChange":"+1.9%"},{"year":"2018","value":"748.0","yoyChange":"+1.6%"},{"year":"2017","value":"736.0","yoyChange":"+1.1%"},{"year":"2016","value":"728.0","yoyChange":"+1.1%"},{"year":"2015","value":"720.0","yoyChange":"+0.3%"},{"year":"2014","value":"718.0","yoyChange":"+2.1%"},{"year":"2013","value":"703.0","yoyChange":"+2.6%"},{"year":"2012","value":"685.0","yoyChange":"+3.0%"},{"year":"2011","value":"665.0","yoyChange":"+0.8%"},{"year":"2010","value":"660.0","yoyChange":"+3.9%"},{"year":"2009","value":"635.0","yoyChange":"+2.9%"},{"year":"2008","value":"617.0","yoyChange":"+2.5%"},{"year":"2007","value":"602.0","yoyChange":"+3.1%"},{"year":"2006","value":"584.0","yoyChange":"+4.6%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in Malta in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 961 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 507.5 in 2000. The latest reading of 961 in 2025 represents a change of +3.9%."}]}