International Rankings of Malta 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Malta, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Malta, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	5	44.67	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	113	202513	0
Internet users - percent of population	52	81.4 %	2018
Internet users - total	158	365521	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	9	56.66	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	117	256838	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	139.94	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	165	634386	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	120	4.583 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	110	5.076 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	9	3.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	32	67.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	67	66.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	51	88.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	31	88.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	128	14.986 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	5	136.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	82	15.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	162	45.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	178	117.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	81	21.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	140	1.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	154	10.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	98	3.3 %	2016
Labor force	163	223000 US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	133	1.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	63	20.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	26	77.7 %	2016
Population below poverty line	104	17.1	2018
Public debt	28	50.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	147	22.133 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	27	44032 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	38	40.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	115	8.141 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	141	2.122 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	18	81	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	22	19	2017
Electricity - imports	62	1.525 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	141	575100 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	151	813.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	95	283.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	68	311.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	104	45000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	81	10400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	80	52290 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	145	1.34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	168	0.2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	135	13.97 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	110	32.3	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28.4	2018
Land use - forest	174	0.9	2018
Land use - other	25	66.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	172	50.500 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	152	25.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	155	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	152	37.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	149	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	8	94.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	100	269000 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	102	17996 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	66	6.7 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	202	316 sq km	0
Area - total	201	316 sq km	0
Area - water	175	0208 sq km	0
Coastline	128	196.8 km	56
Elevation - highest point	166	253 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	137	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	110	32.3	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28.4	2018
Land use - forest	174	0.9	2018
Land use - other	25	66.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	171	50.500 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	181	10.33 %	2811
Age structure - 25-54 years	87	41.1 %	0264
Age structure - 55-64 years	49	12.88 %	9353
Birth rate	174	9.84 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	23	9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	63	8.37 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	8	33.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	81	55.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	153	22.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	31	4.8 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2016
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2016
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	2016
Hospital bed density	26	4.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	164	4.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	177	4.51 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	171	4.62 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	15	85.19 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	10	80.91 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	12	83 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	109	6	2017
Median age - female	31	43.5 years	2020
Median age - male	21	41.2 years	0
Median age - total	24	42.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	15	29	2019
Net migration rate	15	6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	27	28.9 %	2016
Physicians density	50	2.86 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	169	460891	2021
Population growth rate	103	0.75 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	17	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	21	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	129	1.5 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	117	7.6	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	89	10.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	107	9.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	150	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	8	94.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	93	5.140 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	74	2.577 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	33	180	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	15	13	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	110	1973 km	2001
Roadways - total	133	2254 km	2001
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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