Malta

MLTMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh incomeCapital: Valletta
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75/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Malta in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Malta· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Malta

Malta's GDP is $30.71B (2026), with a population of 579,704, and GDP per capita of $53,560. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.7%, inflation at 2.5%, unemployment at 3.0%, government debt at 47.3% of GDP, life expectancy of 83.0 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy30 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$30.71B2026▲ 10.6%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.7%2026▼ 7.5%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$53,5602026▲ 8.6%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$47.26B2026▲ 6.7%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$82,4212026▲ 4.7%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.02%2026▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$24.96B2025▲ 13.8%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$41,4402025▲ 13.4%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$64,9002025▲ 5.8%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)10.1%2025▼ 4.6%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)81.3%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.5%2025▼ 4.4%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)17.5%2025▲ 4.0%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)44.6%2025▼ 0.8%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)18.7%2025▼ 1.6%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)25.9%2024▼ 0.8%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)2.2%2025▼ 46.9%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$117,6342025▲ 1.9%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)5.3%2025▼ 6.4%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)39.1%2022▲ 17.2%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)19.2%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021—WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$2.80B2025▲ 5.8%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$63,6562025▲ 2.0%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$35,1972025▲ 2.0%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary19 indicators · 2013–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)219.0%2025▲ 0.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)119.1%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)99.9%2025▲ 0.7%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$33.08B2025▲ 11.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$27.75B2025▲ 11.6%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$3.82B2025▲ 1.0%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$9.22B2025▼ 2.6%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)170.1%2024▲ 56.4%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)145.6%2024▲ 28.2%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$42.59B2024▲ 73.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$15.7M2024▲ 0.6%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.1%2024▼ 9.2%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)45.2%2024▲ 4.4%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)7.1%2024▲ 8.6%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$1.78B2024▲ 20.2%WB
▶External Debt2 indicators · 2002 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.2%2002▲ 492.8%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$11.0M2002▲ 549.4%WB
▶Finance11 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)1232024▲ 53.3%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2024 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population579,7042025▲ 1.9%WB
Population Growth (%)1.9%2025▼ 34.2%WB
Population Density (per km²)1,7272023▲ 4.1%WB
Surface Area (sq km)3202023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)3202023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)95.7%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (total)554,6642025▲ 1.9%WB
Rural Population (%)4.3%2025▼ 0.6%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth83.0 years2024▼ 0.5%WB
Life Expectancy, Male81.2 years2024▼ 0.5%WB
Life Expectancy, Female84.8 years2024▼ 0.5%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)12024▼ 4.7%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)7.72024▼ 4.9%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)7.32024▲ 0.0%WB
Net Migration5,1612025▼ 18.4%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)12.9%2025▼ 1.0%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)66.6%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)20.5%2025▲ 1.6%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)50.2%2025▲ 0.9%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)30.9%2025▲ 1.9%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)19.4%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)58.92024▲ 13.4%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)38.32024▼ 7.3%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force323,0522025▲ 1.8%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)64.0%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)55.8%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)71.5%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Unemployment (%)2.9%2025▼ 6.6%WB
Female Unemployment (%)2.8%2025▼ 5.3%WB
Male Unemployment (%)2.9%2025▼ 7.4%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)8.4%2025▼ 7.5%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)0.9%2025▼ 3.4%WB
Employment in Industry (%)17.7%2025▼ 1.1%WB
Employment in Services (%)81.4%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)67.5%2025▼ 7.4%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)10.1%2025▼ 1.9%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)86.1%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)11.5%2024▼ 2.9%WB
Employers (% of total employment)3.8%2025▲ 1.1%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)41.9%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)62.1%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)13.9%2025▼ 1.1%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)7.8%2024▼ 0.5%WB
▶Education21 indicators · 2011–2024 · WB
▶Health48 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)8.8%2023▼ 2.7%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$3,6232023▲ 7.8%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)5.8%2023▼ 4.2%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)30.9%2023▲ 3.0%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.52022▲ 5.1%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)8.22023▼ 1.2%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)4.12022▼ 0.2%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)5.32024▼ 3.6%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)3.62024▼ 2.7%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)82023▼ 20.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)4.92024▼ 3.9%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)5.72024▼ 3.4%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)12.9%2021▲ 1.2%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)83.6%2021▼ 0.3%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)3.5%2021▲ 3.5%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)88.0%2024▼ 7.4%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024▼ 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)152024▲ 15.4%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)3.3%2022—WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)10.1%2022—WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)26.0%2024▼ 1.9%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)23.1%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)6.52021▲ 13.7%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)7.12020▼ 16.5%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)81.811938372021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)24.291059452021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)70.71279162021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)4.7035263022024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)5.3348437882024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)3.5693699792024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)0.3535988092023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)152024—WHO
People Living with HIV9502025—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)9.5929982022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)992025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)922025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)992025—WHO
Physicians (total)2,5152023▲ 5.5%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel4,4012023▼ 0.1%WHO
Dentists (total)2822023▲ 4.4%WHO
Pharmacists (total)8542023▲ 6.0%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)0.32022—WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)3.32022—WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)0.72022—WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)822023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)1.92021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)3623.46093752023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2017–2024 · WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
▶Infrastructure6 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried2.4M2023▲ 21.5%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)3.42023▼ 61.3%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)3.0M2024▲ 2.1%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.302022▲ 17.4%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.7%2023▼ 72.6%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption0.112023▼ 54.0%WB
Government Effectiveness0.42023▼ 50.6%WB
Political Stability0.862023▼ 5.8%WB
Regulatory Quality0.692023▲ 2.0%WB
Rule of Law0.72023▼ 10.6%WB
Voice & Accountability0.912023▼ 15.5%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)58.5%2023▼ 5.3%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)65.6%2023▼ 14.7%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)75.5%2023▼ 1.2%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)77.3%2023▼ 3.1%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.5%2024▼ 10.6%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$109.3M2024▼ 3.0%WB
Armed Forces Personnel2,0002020▲ 0.0%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.7%2020▼ 4.4%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)1.3%2024▼ 8.8%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.62023▼ 62.8%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.712020▲ 0.1%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.742020▲ 1.2%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.682020▼ 0.8%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School10.2 years2020▼ 0.0%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2007–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals718,0002020▼ 79.6%WB
International Tourism, Departures218,0002020▼ 71.8%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$1.19B2007▲ 22.7%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$284.0M2007▼ 21.5%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)11.5%2007▼ 0.2%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$220.0M2007▲ 10.6%WB
▶Urban Development5 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)1.9%2025▼ 33.9%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.0%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)1.3%2025▼ 42.6%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)99.8%2024▼ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)100.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO