Malta
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 579.7K (2025). World rank 170 of 216; in Europe, 40 of 48. Area: 316 km². World rank 214 of 249; in Europe, 45 of 52. Life expectancy: 83 years (2024). World rank 25 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 15 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 444.2K → 579.7K, GDP $11.3B → $27.8B, and GDP per person $25,530 → $47,907.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Malta
- Local name
- Malta
- Capital
- Valletta
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Myriam Spiteri Debono
- Head of government
- Robert Abela
- Independence
- September 21, 1964
- Women in parliament
- 29.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 579,704 2025
- Area
- 316 km²
- GDP
- $27.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $47,907 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Maltese
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +356
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 191, 196, 199
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 197
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 25.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Ta' Dmejrek, 253 m
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 20
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 14°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 560 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 1,834.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 95.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +5.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 37% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 12.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 7.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 90% (2006)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 69.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 51.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 68 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 62.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 75.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $72,210 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $41,440 2025
- Inflation
- +2.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 67 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.5% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 10.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 81.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 8.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 55.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 119% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 99.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +7.1% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +51.7% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 24.1% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 31.8 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.4% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 93.3% 2011
- Primary school enrolment
- 97.7% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 103% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 80.5% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.7% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.8% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $3,623 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 30.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.5 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 8.2 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 88% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 5.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 8 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 64.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 24.6% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.6 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 4.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 6.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 83.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 10.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 1.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 95 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 72.6% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 93.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 142 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 44.5 2024
- Internet domain
- .mt
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 5,138 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 8.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 11.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,387,400 2023
- Airports
- 1 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 2,355 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 498 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 9 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 45.2% 2024