'Malta has fallen behind in health, education, technology, and finance'- PN

"The Nationalist Party is concerned with the latest annual reports by the World Economic Forum for Global Competitiveness," Kristy Debono, PN spokesperson for Economic Growth said. "These reports show that Malta fell six positions to 47th in the global index."

It was previously erronesously reported that Malta is currently 147th in the global competitivity index. The Nationalist Party has confirmed with MaltaToday that Malta actually ranks 47th. 

“Malta also fell five places amongst EU countries, and is now 19th out of the 28 member states.”

Global competitiveness indexes measure the competitiveness of a country based on its basic needs, efficiency, and innovation.

“Malta has fallen behind in all three of these indicators, as well as in the technology, health, education and financial sectors,” Debono said. “Malta used to rank amongst the 10 best countries in the world for the quality of primary education and the quality of our education system. However, it  has now regressed by a number of places.”

“Finance Minister Edward Scicluna’s argument that Malta fell backwards this year because it did so well last year doesn’t make sense. A proper government would have tried to build on its positive results.”