International Rankings of Malta 2022, 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	6	48.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	116	213419	2020
Internet users - percent of population	19	87.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	152	448339	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	5	59.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	112	259456	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	23	143.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	163	633123	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	118	4.583 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	108	5.076 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	9	3.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	45	1.561 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	56	98.179 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	84	19.040 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	126	14.986 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	5	136.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	77	15.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	159	45.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	170	117.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	79	21.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	147	10.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	111	29 %	2017
Imports	88	18.010 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	97	3.30 %	2016
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	69	1.60 %	2019
Labor force	159	223000 US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	126	2 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	60	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	25	78 %	2016
Population below poverty line	100	17 %	2018
Public debt	84	50.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	146	20.600 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	33	4.94 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	41	39200 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	136	833.000 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	36	40.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	156	0.78 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	128	6.00	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	77	12.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	9.60	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	99	745000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	95	8.831 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	107	9.576 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	139	2.497 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	92	4.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	87	420.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	133	784000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	143	158.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	37	88.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	5	11.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	14	267.739 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	99	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	70	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	103	54000 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	79	10400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	79	52290 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	143	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	132	14 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	107	32	2018
Land use - arable land	30	28	2018
Land use - forest	165	1	2018
Land use - other	24	67	2018
Land use - permanent crops	46	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	168	50.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	148	25.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	152	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	149	37.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	142	0.28	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	8	95	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	99	269000.00 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	101	17996 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	64	6.70 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	191	316 sq km	N/A
Area - total	191	316 sq km	N/A
Coastline	120	197 km	56
Elevation - highest point	5	27253 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	138	35 sq km	2020
Land use - agricultural land	107	32	2018
Land use - arable land	30	28	2018
Land use - forest	165	1	2018
Land use - other	24	67	2018
Land use - permanent crops	46	4	2018
Population Density	8	1468.94 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	48	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	172	10.33	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	81	41.10	0264
Age structure - 55-64 years	45	12.88	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	58	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	34	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	38	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	29	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	171	9.73 births/1,000 population	2022
Current health expenditure	32	8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	63	8.48 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	32	27.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	3.60 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	127	47.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	170	19.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	25	6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	28	4.50 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	160	4.64 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	169	4.43 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	164	4.53 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	15	85 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	10	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	11	83 years	N/A
Literacy - female	29	96 %	2018
Literacy - male	41	93 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	39	95 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	108	6.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	30	44 years	2020
Median age - male	20	41 years	N/A
Median age - total	22	42 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	19	29	2020
Net migration rate	17	5.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	24	28.90 %	2016
Physicians density	53	2.86 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	165	464186	2022
Population growth rate	98	0.67 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	18 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	17 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	12	1.09	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	20	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.70 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	22	22 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	78	26 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	46	24 %	2020
Total fertility rate	121	1.50 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	143	0.28	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	8	95	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	128	6.00	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	77	12.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	9.60	N/A
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	N/A
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	11	2137	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	91	5.140 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	73	2.577 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	32	180.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	15	13	2020
Roadways - paved	104	2704 km	2008
Roadways - total	125	3096 km	2008

*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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