MALTA

Capital Valletta
Area (km2) 316
Total population (thousands, 2022) 532
Population density (per km2) 1 682
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.nso.gov.mt
National Statistics Office Malta
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 41%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 12%
   hourly wage, 2022 10%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 19%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 0%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 34%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 85.3
   males, years 81.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 22.4
   males, years 20.0
Total fertility rate, 2022
   average number of children per woman 1.1
Adolescent fertility rate, 2022
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 10.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2022
   age in years 29.8
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
6.9
6.1
3.0
2.8
5.0
6.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.0
4.1
4.9
3.8
3.5
3.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
9.4
10.1
11.5
9.9
9.0
9.1
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 36 807
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 66 489
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 122.8
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 104.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 41 468
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.561
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, 2021 0
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 17
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