MALTA

Capital Valletta
Area (km2) 316
Total population (thousands, 2019) 504
Population density (per km2) 1 595
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.nso.gov.mt
National Statistics Office Malta
Women in the labour force, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2016 23%
   hourly wage, 2019 12%
Women in part-time employment, 2019
   percentage of employed women 22%
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 60%
Women researchers, 2018
   percentage of total for both sexes 32%
Life expectancy at birth, 2020
   females, years 84.6
   males, years 80.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2020
   females, years 22.0
   males, years 19.2
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 1.1
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 12.0
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 29.0
 
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
4.1
4.3
8.1
6.0
6.6
2.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.4
4.7
4.0
3.7
3.5
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
11.6
10.7
10.6
9.1
9.3
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2019 23 388
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 46 337
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2019 143.3
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2019 129.1
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 29 388
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2019 0.576
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
   Railways
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   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 3 957
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 37
   Traffic, railways
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