Malta - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 35 53 N, 14 30 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: named in honor of Jean de VALETTE, the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (crusader knights), who successfully led a defense of the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Malta
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 316 sq km
water: 0 sq km
arable land: 28.4% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 3.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 0.9% (2018 est.)
other: 66.8% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 62.83% (male 151,927/female 141,561)
65 years and over: 22.65% (2023 est.) (male 48,830/female 56,961)
male: 81.3 years
female: 85.6 years
male: 42.1 years
female: 44.4 years
note: data refers to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births
rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2020)
4.26% (2020 est.)
3.62% (2019 est.)
56.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
note: Malta reports public debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of the year, according to guidelines set out in the Maastricht Treaty for general government gross debt; the data include the following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA95): currency and deposits (AF.2), securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives (AF.3, excluding AF.34), and loans (AF.4); general government comprises the central, state, and local governments, and social security funds
0.64% (2020 est.)
1.64% (2019 est.)
$19.526 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$20.773 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$18.328 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$18.578 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 87% (2021 est.)
paved: 2,704 km (2008)
unpaved: 392 km (2008)
urban: 1,422 km (2001)
non-urban: 832 km (2001)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 49 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 122 (2021 est.)
none identified