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 574,250 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it is a densely populated country, with 1,795 people per km2.

It's capital is Valletta and its currency is Euros

Malta is holding the 114 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 10,647 millions of euros (11,527 millions of dollars), ( 46.2% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €18,541 euros per inhabitant$20,073 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 0.915 points in 2022, leaving it in 26th place in the table of 193 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

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Valletta: Monthly Rainfall
Malta Economy
Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20254.0%
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q411,085K
Annual GDP [+]2025€24,577M
Annual GDP [+]2025$27,772M
GDP per capita [+]2025€42,160
GDP per capita [+]2025$48,362
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q4€6,366M
Debt (M.€.) [+]202410,647
Debt ($M) [+]202411,527
Debt (%GDP) [+]202446.20%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€18,541
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$20,073
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-807
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-893
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.50%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20248,640.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20249,316.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022847.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022906.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202212.50%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20231,199.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20231,296.7
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202315.91%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024104.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2024112.6
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20241.28%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202437.40%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€15,047
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$16,224
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€1,593
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$1,716
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€2,170
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$2,392
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€183
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$204
Moody's Rating [+]11/22/2024A2
S&P Rating [+]10/14/2016A-
Fitch Rating [+]04/17/2020A+
Corruption Index [+]202351
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201938º
Fragile States Index [+]202431.1
RTI Raking [+]202483º
Innovation Ranking [+]202429º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20263.4%
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q43.4%
Unemployed [+]2025Q412K
NMW [+]2026$1,168.0
NMW [+]2026€994.0
Average Wage [+]2024$33,052
Average Wage [+]2024€30,536
Human Capital Ranking [+]201741º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/16/20260.8712
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/13/20266.15%
Prices
HICP [+]December 20252.4%
PPI Year on Year [+]January 20261.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%
Business
Doing Business [+]202088º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 20265.7%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202415,058
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201916.50
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015721.73
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202429.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201118.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202035.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20222,286,600
Exports [+]2025€3,365.5M
Exports [+]2025$3,803.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202513.69%
Imports [+]2025€8,123.4M
Imports [+]2025$9,179.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202533.05%
Trade balance [+]2025€-4,758.1M
Trade balance [+]2025$-5,376.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2025-19.36%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20264.5%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201547º
Density [+]20241,795
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023-1º
Crude divorce rate [+]20240.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017215.5
% Immigrant [+]202022.23%
% Emigrant [+]202019.92%
Birth Rate [+]20247.70‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201780.3
Crude death rate [+]20247.30‰
Fertility Rate [+]20241.01
Crude marriage rate [+]20244.10‰
% risk of poverty [+]202416.8%
Population [+]2024574,250
Immigrant stock [+]2020114,760
Emigrant stock [+]2020102,793
HDI [+]20220.915
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202462º
Life expectancy [+]202483.00
Suicides [+]202331
Suicide rate [+]20235.61
Number of homicides [+]20233
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.56
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20233.85
Consumption GWh [+]20242,922
Generation GWh [+]20242,120
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]02/22/20261,119
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]02/22/2026125,286
Fully vaccinated [+]03/19/2024471,565
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]02/22/20261,948.63
Doses administered [+]03/19/20241,408,793