MALTA

Capital Valletta
Area (km2) 316
Total population (thousands, 2021) 519
Population density (per km2) 1 641
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.nso.gov.mt
National Statistics Office Malta
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 41%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 12%
   hourly wage, 2021 11%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 19%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 60%
Women researchers, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 84.3
   males, years 80.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 21.8
   males, years 19.5
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.1
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 10.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 29.5
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
8.0
6.0
5.7
2.8
2.9
6.0
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.0
3.7
3.6
4.4
3.4
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
10.6
9.1
9.3
10.9
9.4
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 25 709
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 49 565
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 170.3
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 153.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 30 828
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2021 0.583
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 1
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 0

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
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   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 3 415
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 32
   Traffic, railways
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