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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2020)		442
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		1 379.8
Capital city		Valletta
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		30-Jul-00^b,c
UN membership date		01-Dec-64
Surface area (km2)		315^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.6
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	8 741	10 702	14 549^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.5	10.7	6.6^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	21 099.5	24 685.0	33 122.8^c
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	1.2	1^c
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	19	13.3	12.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity^e,g,h (% of GVA)	76.9	83.5	84.6^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	1.3	1.5	0.9ⁱ
Employment in industry (% of employed)	25.5	20	18ⁱ
Employment in services (% employed)	73.1	78.5	81ⁱ
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	6.8	5.4	3.4
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	34.0 / 66.4	42.2 / 67.0	45.9 / 66.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	108	113^d
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	98	93	90^j
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 717	3 915	4 143^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 732	6 788	8 211^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 015	- 2 873	- 4 068^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-420	301	1 436^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.5	0.9	0.4
Urban population (% of total population)	94.1	94.4	94.7^d
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.5	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.4	1.4	1.4
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.4 / 78.1	83.4 / 79.4	84.1 / 80.4
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	15.0 / 23.0	14.2 / 25.4	14.4 / 28.1
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	33.0 / 8.0	52.6 / 12.1	84.9 / 19.3^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	7.4^l	6.5	10.7^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	5.6	5.5	5
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.2	9.2	9.3^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.2	2.9	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.5	5.3	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.9 / 101.6	104.3 / 102.8	105.1 / 104.9^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.2 / 110.0	97.8 / 92.1	104.7 / 104.8^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	42.9 / 32.0	55.0 / 39.9	63.2 / 46.0^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	0.9	1.6^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.7	12.9	13.4^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	63ⁿ	76^o	81.7^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	0.7	0.6^p,c
Threatened species (number)	26	31	49
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	1.1	1.1	1.1^a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.6 / 6.2	1.6 / 3.7	1.5 / 3.3^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	1	1^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	85	63	66^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	1 339	1 783	2 599^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	77.5	78.8	84.5^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	93.0 / 93.0	93.0 / 93.0	93.0 / 93.0^a
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	0.18	0.17	0.21^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to the localities of the Northern Harbour and Southern Harbour.
c		2018
d		2019
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation and canals.
g		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		2016
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
n		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
o		Users in the last 3 months.
p		Provisional data.
q		Departures by air and by sea.