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Malta

Malta has been a member of WIPO since 1977 and is a signatory to over 6 WIPO treaties.

The national IP office of Malta is the Industrial Property Registrations Directorate. The office is located in Valletta.

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Global Innovation Index ranking

Malta ranks 27th among the 140 economies featured in the GII 2025.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

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Year	GII position	Innovation inputs	Innovation outputs
2025	27th	35th	18th
2024	29th	27th	25th
2023	25th	27th	17th
2022	21st	27th	13th
2021	27th	29th	22nd
2020	27th	31st	21st

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National Collection of Malta now Available in Patentscope
October 5, 2022