{
 "name": "maltaworkpermitchecker.com Malta Permit Processing Times",
 "title": "Malta Permit Processing Times",
 "url": "https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/datasets/malta-permit-processing-times/",
 "csv": "https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/datasets/malta-permit-processing-times.csv",
 "markdown": "https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/datasets/malta-permit-processing-times/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-11-14",
 "license": "https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/terms",
 "headline": "The median published figure in the Malta Permit Processing Times is 58 percent across 9 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 11.20 to 97 percent), read 11 November 2026.",
 "quotes": [
  "The median published figure in the Malta Permit Processing Times is 58 percent across 9 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 11.20 to 97 percent), read 11 November 2026.",
  "2 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure share of Malta's active workforce from other EU member states: median 11.20 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure third country nationals' share of foreign employment in Malta: median 70 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure share of employed EU nationals in full-time employment: median 89 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure share of employed third country nationals in full-time employment: median 97 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure male share of employed EU nationals: median 58 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, measure male share of employed third country nationals: median 67 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, sector TCN share in professional, scientific, technical, administration and support service activities: median 25 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, sector TCN share in wholesale & retail trade, transportation & storage, information & communication: median 21 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "Malta Permit Processing Times, sector TCN share in accommodation and food service activities: median 16 percent across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "The median is unchanged since 26 October 2026 (was 58 percent across 9)."
 ],
 "citation": "\"maltaworkpermitchecker.com Malta Permit Processing Times\", updated 2026-11-14, https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/datasets/malta-permit-processing-times/.",
 "changed_since": {
  "since": "2026-10-26",
  "previous_median": 58,
  "delta": 0,
  "direction": "unchanged",
  "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 26 October 2026 (was 58 percent across 9)."
 },
 "national": {
  "unit": "%",
  "n": 9,
  "median": 58,
  "min": 11.2,
  "max": 97,
  "p25": 18.5,
  "p75": 79.5,
  "mean": 50.4667,
  "units": {
   "%": 9
  },
  "published_sources": 2,
  "named_sources": 9,
  "read_sources": 9,
  "not_published": 7,
  "published_share": 0.222
 },
 "by_axis": {
  "measure": {
   "share of Malta's active workforce from other EU member states": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 11.2,
     "min": 11.2,
     "max": 11.2,
     "p25": 11.2,
     "p75": 11.2,
     "mean": 11.2
    }
   },
   "third country nationals' share of foreign employment in Malta": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 70,
     "min": 70,
     "max": 70,
     "p25": 70,
     "p75": 70,
     "mean": 70
    }
   },
   "share of employed EU nationals in full-time employment": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 89,
     "min": 89,
     "max": 89,
     "p25": 89,
     "p75": 89,
     "mean": 89
    }
   },
   "share of employed third country nationals in full-time employment": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 97,
     "min": 97,
     "max": 97,
     "p25": 97,
     "p75": 97,
     "mean": 97
    }
   },
   "male share of employed EU nationals": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 58,
     "min": 58,
     "max": 58,
     "p25": 58,
     "p75": 58,
     "mean": 58
    }
   },
   "male share of employed third country nationals": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 67,
     "min": 67,
     "max": 67,
     "p25": 67,
     "p75": 67,
     "mean": 67
    }
   }
  },
  "sector": {
   "TCN share in professional, scientific, technical, administration and support service activities": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 25,
     "min": 25,
     "max": 25,
     "p25": 25,
     "p75": 25,
     "mean": 25
    }
   },
   "TCN share in wholesale & retail trade, transportation & storage, information & communication": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 21,
     "min": 21,
     "max": 21,
     "p25": 21,
     "p75": 21,
     "mean": 21
    }
   },
   "TCN share in accommodation and food service activities": {
    "%": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 16,
     "min": 16,
     "max": 16,
     "p25": 16,
     "p75": 16,
     "mean": 16
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "source": "EURES - labour market information: Malta",
   "url": "https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-market-information/labour-market-information-malta_en",
   "figure": "11.2%",
   "value": 11.2,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "share of Malta's active workforce from other EU member states"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "In 2023, 59.7% of the active workforce were from Malta, 11.2% from other EU Member States and 28.7 from third countries.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "3adb30c9c3f67842c61cb7cd8858fdc062cd7a96d276f172ab017a7d07da8b4d"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "70%",
   "value": 70,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "third country nationals' share of foreign employment in Malta"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "EU member states share 30% of total foreign employment, Third Country Nationals (TCNs) share 70% of total foreign employment; and EFTA countries (such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) share 0.3% of total foreign employment.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "89%",
   "value": 89,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "share of employed EU nationals in full-time employment"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "As at end of December 2025, almost 89% of employed EU nationals were in full-time employment, while the remaining 11% were employed as part-time.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "97%",
   "value": 97,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "share of employed third country nationals in full-time employment"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "97% of TCNs were in full-time employment and 3% were in part-time employment.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "58%",
   "value": 58,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "male share of employed EU nationals"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "Employed EU Nationals are segmented as 58% males and 42% females.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "67%",
   "value": 67,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "measure": "male share of employed third country nationals"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "Employed Third Country Nationals are segmented as 67% males and 33% females.",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "25%",
   "value": 25,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "sector": "TCN share in professional, scientific, technical, administration and support service activities"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "Third Country Nationals are mainly employed (25%) in the Professional, Scientific, Technical, Administration and Support Service Activities sector; Wholesale & Retail Trade; Transportation & Storage; Informat",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "21%",
   "value": 21,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "sector": "TCN share in wholesale & retail trade, transportation & storage, information & communication"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "tific, Technical, Administration and Support Service Activities sector; Wholesale & Retail Trade; Transportation & Storage; Information & Communication sector (21%); Accommodation and food service activities (16%); Construction (10%); Manufacturing, quarrying and Utilities (9%) and Public Administration, Education, Human",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "figure": "16%",
   "value": 16,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "sector": "TCN share in accommodation and food service activities"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "es (16%); Construction (10%); Manufacturing, quarrying and Utilities (9%) and Public Administration, Education, Human Health and Social Work Activities sector (9%).",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "9385d485c7b1fbf7458ccf86370cd9b09909e8b788ac7b24606b331b80b06bda"
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 "not_published": [
  {
   "source": "Identita - application processing period (Expatriates Unit)",
   "url": "https://identita.gov.mt/expatriates-unit-useful-information-application-processing-period/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Identita - single permit application processing period",
   "url": "https://identita.gov.mt/expatriates-unit-main-page/noneu-nationals/employment-related-permits/single-permit/application-processing-period/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - employment trends",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/employment-trends",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Jobsplus - labour market information, foreigners data",
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/resources/publication-statistics-mt-mt-en-gb/labour-market-information/foreigners-data",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Eurostat - residence permits, authorisations to reside and work",
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Residence_permits_%E2%80%93_statistics_on_authorisations_to_reside_and_work",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Eurostat - first permits by reason (migr_resfirst)",
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_resfirst/default/table",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "NSO Malta - labour market statistics",
   "url": "https://nso.gov.mt/labour-market/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  }
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 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://identita.gov.mt/expatriates-unit-useful-information-application-processing-period/",
   "label": "Identita - application processing period (Expatriates Unit)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://identita.gov.mt/expatriates-unit-main-page/noneu-nationals/employment-related-permits/single-permit/application-processing-period/",
   "label": "Identita - single permit application processing period",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/foreign-nationals-employment-trends",
   "label": "Jobsplus - foreign nationals employment trends",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/labour-market-trends/employment-trends",
   "label": "Jobsplus - employment trends",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://jobsplus.gov.mt/resources/publication-statistics-mt-mt-en-gb/labour-market-information/foreigners-data",
   "label": "Jobsplus - labour market information, foreigners data",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Residence_permits_%E2%80%93_statistics_on_authorisations_to_reside_and_work",
   "label": "Eurostat - residence permits, authorisations to reside and work",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_resfirst/default/table",
   "label": "Eurostat - first permits by reason (migr_resfirst)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-market-information/labour-market-information-malta_en",
   "label": "EURES - labour market information: Malta",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://nso.gov.mt/labour-market/",
   "label": "NSO Malta - labour market statistics",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 9 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 9 figures, never sentences; 112 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the published processing period per route beside the issued-permit series: Jobsplus's foreign-worker stock by nationality class and sector, and Eurostat's first-permits-by-reason for Malta on the comparable EU basis; across them the wait a person should actually expect per route, how Malta's issuance per head compares with the EU, and changed-since each release",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:16px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;border-radius:8px;background:#ffffff;color:#111111;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;max-width:480px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">58 percent</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:14px;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">median published figure, Malta Permit Processing Times, across 2 sources, read 11 November 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:12px;color:#444444;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://maltaworkpermitchecker.com/datasets/malta-permit-processing-times/#median\" style=\"color:#1a4fd6;background:#ffffff\">Source: maltaworkpermitchecker.com Malta Permit Processing Times</a></figcaption></figure>"
}