Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions in Malta
Malta: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions was 3.70 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions in Malta, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Malta recorded 3.70 billion for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 185.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Malta peaked at 3.70 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 324.46 million, in 1999.
Malta ranks 35th of 35 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 324.46 million | — |
| 2000 | 366.17 million | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 406.71 million | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 482.55 million | +18.6% |
| 2003 | 522.28 million | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 502.37 million | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 559.45 million | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 609.75 million | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 725.96 million | +19.1% |
| 2008 | 742.76 million | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 795.42 million | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 807.77 million | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 849.39 million | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 934.90 million | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 1.04 billion | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 1.17 billion | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 1.29 billion | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 1.57 billion | +21.7% |
| 2017 | 1.84 billion | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 1.89 billion | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.02 billion | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 1.81 billion | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 2.14 billion | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 2.32 billion | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 2.51 billion | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 3.42 billion | +36.0% |
| 2025 | 3.70 billion | +8.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3.70 billion is below the median for high income countries, which is 146.16 billion, 3% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +36.0% | 2.51 billion | 3.42 billion |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 324.46 million | 324.46 million | 324.46 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 571.34 million | 366.17 million | 795.42 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 billion | 807.77 million | 2.02 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.65 billion | 1.81 billion | 3.70 billion | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Malta?
- Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Malta was 3.70 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3.70 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 324.46 million in 1999.
- How does Malta rank for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Malta ranks 35th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 185.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.