Malta Malta

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Malta, is a country located at Southern Europe, it has an area of 320 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Malta, with a population of 563,443 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it is a densely populated country, with 1,761 people per km2.

It's capital is Valletta and its currency is Euros

Malta is holding the 117 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 9,768 millions of euros (10,562 millions of dollars), ( 50.4% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €17,336 euros per inhabitant$18,745 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Malta, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.918 points in 2021, leaving it in 23th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Malta are business, you must know it's in the 88th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Malta, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Valletta: Monthly Temp.
Valletta: Monthly Rainfall
Malta Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q18,889K
Annual GDP [+]2023€19,418M
Annual GDP [+]2023$20,957M
GDP per capita [+]2023€35,400
GDP per capita [+]2023$37,195
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q1€5,008M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20239,768
Debt ($M) [+]202310,562
Debt (%GDP) [+]202350.40%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€17,336
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$18,745
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-950
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-1,028
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.90%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20237,433.5
Expenditure ($M) [+]20238,037.8
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021828.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2021959.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202112.66%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20211,070.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20211,266.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202116.23%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202287.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202289.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20221.22%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202338.40%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€13,193
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$14,266
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,599
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$1,819
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€2,074
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$2,453
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€164
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$174
Moody's Rating [+]11/18/2022A2
S&P Rating [+]10/14/2016A-
Fitch Rating [+]04/17/2020A+
Corruption Index [+]202251
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201938º
Fragile States Index [+]201836.2
RTI Raking [+]202280º
Innovation Ranking [+]201826º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]May 20243.2%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q13.0%
Unemployed [+]2024Q19K
NMW [+]2024$1,022.5
NMW [+]2024€925.3
Average Wage [+]2023$29,446
Average Wage [+]2023€27,232
Human Capital Ranking [+]201741º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]07/26/20240.9208
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]07/25/20244.74%
Prices
HICP [+]June 20242.2%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 20240.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/12/20244.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]202088º
IPI Year on Year [+]April 20242.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20197,621
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201916.51
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015720.48
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202229.4%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201118.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202035.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20192,753,240
Exports [+]2023€3,206.0M
Exports [+]2023$3,468.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202316.51%
Imports [+]2023€7,760.4M
Imports [+]2023$8,105.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202339.97%
Trade balance [+]2023€-4,554.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-4,636.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-23.45%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 20235.0%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201547º
Density [+]20231,761
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023-1º
Crude divorce rate [+]20220.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017215.5
% Immigrant [+]202022.24%
% Emigrant [+]202019.92%
Birth Rate [+]20238.10‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201780.3
Crude death rate [+]20237.30‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.08
Crude marriage rate [+]20224.80‰
% risk of poverty [+]202316.6%
Population [+]2023563,443
Immigrant stock [+]2020114,760
Emigrant stock [+]2020102,793
HDI [+]20210.918
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202370º
Life expectancy [+]202383.60
Suicides [+]202137
Suicide rate [+]20216.75
Number of homicides [+]20233
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.56
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20223.93
Consumption GWh [+]20222,786
Generation GWh [+]20222,242
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]07/07/2024913
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]07/07/2024122,115
Fully vaccinated [+]03/19/2024471,565
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]07/07/20241,620.39
Doses administered [+]03/19/20241,408,793