One in four people in Malta born abroad

One in every four people residing in Malta in 2021 was born in another country, Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics show.

The statistics, published by the National Statistics Office on Tuesday, show that 51% of those born abroad were women.

The majority (78.1%) of the total were aged between 25 and 54. A further 7.2% were aged between 15 and 24 years, while 14.7% were in the 55 to 74 age cohort.

This is slightly different when compared to the persons born in Malta, where 51.9% were between 25 and 54 years, 14.2% were in the 15 to 24 age cohort and the remaining 33.8% were aged between 55 and 74 years.

LFS results indicated that, in 2021, the duration of stay for persons born abroad was on average 11 years.

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The duration of stay was classified into two categories - recent migrants (residents for less than eight years) and settled migrants (residents for eight years or more).

Slightly more than 50% of people born abroad were recent migrants, while 49.3% were settled migrants. The duration of stay varied according to one’s level of education.

The larger share of persons born abroad with a secondary level of education or less were settled migrants...