Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Malta
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Malta.
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Overview
Malta met its employment target in 2016 and exceeded it by 5.0 percentage points in 2018, reaching an employment rate of 75 %. In 2018, the country also met its tertiary education target as the result of a continuous increase in the tertiary educational attainment of 30- to 34-year-olds since 2008. Despite a significant drop in the share of early leavers from education and training since 2008, in 2018 Malta had further to go to reach its national 2020 target than other Member States. In 2017, the country was 0.1 Mtoe above its primary energy consumption target of 0.7 Mtoe. By 2017, Malta had increased its GHG emissions in ESD sectors by 28.3 % (compared with the ESD base year), greatly exceeding its Europe 2020 target of limiting emission increases to 5 %. Malta also lags behind the EU as a whole in terms of renewable energy and R&D expenditure. The number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion increased by 9.9 % between 2008 and 2018, moving the country further away from its Europe 2020 goal.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics