International Rankings of Malta 2024, 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	119	213419	2020
Internet users - percent of population	20	87.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	166	461100	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	49.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	116	259120	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	122.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	170	644955	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	115	5.586 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	108	5.661 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	9	3.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	133	804.056 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	59	98.179 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	142	0.85	N/A
Exports	85	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	136.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	82	15.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	164	45.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	182	117.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	82	21.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	140	1.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	159	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	102	31 %	2019
Imports	92	21.362 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	169	3.30 %	2016
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	151	1.50 %	2021
Labor force	168	280300 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	107	17 %	2018
Public debt	99	50.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	149	23.157 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	29	10.30 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	34	44700 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	106	2	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	143	1.149 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	55	23.73 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	176	3.50 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	141	5.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	97	13.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	118	9.80 %	2021
Energy
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	109	9.576 million	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 generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	41	88.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	6	11.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	14	267.739 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	101	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	72	415.606 million cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	105	54000 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	83	10400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	81	52290 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	149	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	125	13 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	113	32	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28	2018
Land use - forest	176	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	4	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	8	95	2023
Geography
Area - land	208	316 sq km	N/A
Area - total	210	316 sq km	N/A
Coastline	136	197 km	56
Elevation - highest point	6	27253 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	144	35 sq km	2020
Land use - agricultural land	113	32	2018
Land use - arable land	31	28	2018
Land use - forest	176	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	4	2018
Population Density	10	1478.28 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	42	1 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	59	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	36	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	40	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	30	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	136	9.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	17	11 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	44	63 %	2023
Death rate	42	8.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	27.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	118	3.60 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	135	47.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	181	19.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	27	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	95	0.74 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	144	4.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	148	4.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	146	4.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	11	86 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	10	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	9	83 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	28	96 %	2021
Literacy - male	38	93 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	40	95 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	30	44 years	N/A
Median age - male	25	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	25	43 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	19	29	2020
Net migration rate	21	5.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	27	28.90 %	2016
Physicians density	53	2.86 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	175	467138	2023
Population growth rate	112	0.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	16	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.86 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	133	1.51 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	152	0.28	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	8	95	2023
Transportation
Airports	124	1	2024
Heliports	64	2	2024
Merchant marine - total	14	1957	2023
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	180.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	15	13	2020

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malta 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malta 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.