International Rankings of Malta 2023, 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	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	119	213419	2020
Internet users - percent of population	20	87 %	2021
Internet users - total	166	461100	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	49	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	115	259439	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	122	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	168	644955	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	115	5.586 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	108	5.661 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	9	3.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	132	804.056 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	58	98.179 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	86	22.110 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	129	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	164	45.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	182	117.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	82	21.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	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	159	10.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	102	31 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	91	21.362 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	168	3.3 %	2016
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	150	1.5 %	2021
Labor force	168	280300 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	135	1.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	29	77.7 %	2016
Population below poverty line	107	17.1 %	2018
Public debt	95	50.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	149	23.157 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	28	10.3 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	34	44700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	143	1.149 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	55	23.73 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	176	3.5 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	141	5.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	97	13.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	118	9.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	101	745000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	97	8.831 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	144	2.497 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	96	4.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	91	420.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	138	784000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	148	158.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	41	88.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	6	11.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	14	267.739 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	101	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	72	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	105	54000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	83	10400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	81	52290 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	149	1.34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	172	0.2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	138	13.97 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	113	32.3	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28.4	2018
Land use - forest	176	0.9	2018
Land use - other	26	66.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	174	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	128	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	102	1.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	109	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	152	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	8	94.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	101	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	209	316 sq km	0
Area - total	210	316 sq km	0
Area - water	184	0208 sq km	0
Coastline	136	196.8 km	56
Elevation - highest point	9	27253 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	144	35 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	113	32.3	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28.4	2018
Land use - forest	176	0.9	2018
Land use - other	26	66.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	48	0.6 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	59	2.8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	33	0.42 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	36	2.51 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	40	8.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	30	2.34 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	184	9.59 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	17	10.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	44	63.2 %	2023
Death rate	66	8.61 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	27.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	118	3.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	135	47.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	181	19.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	27	5.9 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	95	0.74 %	2023
Hospital bed density	28	4.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	171	4.54 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	181	4.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	177	4.45 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	15	85.56 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	10	81.31 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	12	83.39 years	0
Literacy - female	28	96.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	38	93.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	40	94.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	31	43.5 years	2020
Median age - male	24	41.2 years	0
Median age - total	25	42.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	19	29.3	2020
Net migration rate	20	4.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	27	28.9 %	2016
Physicians density	53	2.86 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	175	467138	2023
Population growth rate	110	0.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	119	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	18 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	16	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	24	21.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	81	26.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	50	24 %	2020
Total fertility rate	129	1.51 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	152	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	8	94.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	141	5.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	97	13.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	118	9.8	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	12	2047	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	94	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	108	2704 km	2008
Roadways - total	142	3096 km	2008
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Malta on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malta 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malta 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.