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 119 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 9,791 millions of euros (10,565 millions of dollars), ( 47.4% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €17,378 euros per inhabitant$18,751 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

Valletta: Monthly Temp.
Valletta: Monthly Rainfall
Malta Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q310,085K
Annual GDP [+]2023€20,542M
Annual GDP [+]2023$22,335M
GDP per capita [+]2023€37,110
GDP per capita [+]2023$41,205
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q3€5,682M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20239,791
Debt ($M) [+]202310,565
Debt (%GDP) [+]202347.40%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€17,378
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$18,751
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-939
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-1,029
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.50%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20237,500.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]20238,041.7
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021900.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2021972.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202112.66%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20221,112,994,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20221,171,982,682.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202116.23%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202291.2
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202289.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20221.22%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202336.30%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€13,311
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$14,272
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,738
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$2,066
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€2,127
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$2,240
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€171
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$184
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 [+]November 20243.0%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q33.1%
Unemployed [+]2024Q310K
NMW [+]2024$1,004.2
NMW [+]2024€925.3
Average Wage [+]2023$29,446
Average Wage [+]2023€27,232
Human Capital Ranking [+]201741º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]01/23/20250.9612
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]01/22/2025-0.80%
Prices
HICP [+]December 20241.8%
PPI Year on Year [+]November 20240.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]12/18/20243.15%
Business
Doing Business [+]202088º
IPI Year on Year [+]November 202413.5%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]November 20247,644
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201916.50
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015721.73
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202326.9%
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$3,466.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202315.61%
Imports [+]2023€7,760.4M
Imports [+]2023$8,402.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202337.78%
Trade balance [+]2023€-4,554.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-4,636.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-22.17%
Retail Sales YoY [+]November 20242.9%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201547º
Density [+]20231,761
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023-1º
Crude divorce rate [+]20220.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017215.5
% Immigrant [+]202022.23%
% Emigrant [+]202019.92%
Birth Rate [+]20238.10‰
Remittance sent ($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 [+]20220.915
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202462º
Life expectancy [+]202383.60
Suicides [+]202230
Suicide rate [+]20225.53
Number of homicides [+]20233
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.56
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20233.85
Consumption GWh [+]20232,766
Generation GWh [+]20232,345
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024922
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024122,796
Fully vaccinated [+]03/19/2024471,565
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,636.37
Doses administered [+]03/19/20241,408,793