The outlook for Malta’s labour market over the next decade is reasonably good, but skills need to improve to sustain it.

The forecasts produced by Cedefop – a European Union (EU) agency that analyses training and the labour market – show that between now and 2025, employment in Malta is expected to continue to be high.

Job growth in the EU will be driven by the business services and the distribution and transport sectors, with some small job losses predicted in manufacturing and construction.

However, while Malta should exceed the EU benchmark of 40 per cent of 30 to 34 year olds having university-level qualifications by 2020, around 29 per cent of the labour force will still have low-level qualifications by 2025, more than twice the 14 per cent forecast for the EU.

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