# Malta Unemployment Rate

Malta Unemployment Rate was 3.4% in September 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from August 2026 and up 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
Among the 53 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 12th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.5% (Jul 2025) to 5.6% (Aug 2020), averaging 3.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `MT.UNEMP.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: % of labour force
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (321 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/malta/unemployment-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 3.4% |
| August 2026 | 3.5% |
| July 2026 | 3.4% |
| June 2026 | 3.5% |
| May 2026 | 3.6% |
| April 2026 | 3.6% |
| March 2026 | 3.5% |
| February 2026 | 3.5% |
| January 2026 | 3.5% |
| December 2025 | 3.4% |
| November 2025 | 3.2% |
| October 2025 | 3.0% |
| September 2025 | 2.7% |
| August 2025 | 2.5% |
| July 2025 | 2.5% |
| June 2025 | 2.7% |
| May 2025 | 2.8% |
| April 2025 | 3.0% |
| March 2025 | 3.3% |
| February 2025 | 3.5% |
| January 2025 | 3.5% |
| December 2024 | 3.3% |
| November 2024 | 3.0% |
| October 2024 | 2.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/MT.UNEMP.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/MT.UNEMP.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```