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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2019)		440
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		1 376.2
Capital city		Valletta
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		212.8^b,c
UN membership date		1-Dec-64
Surface area (km2)		315^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.5
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^c

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	6 393	8 741	12 553^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	3.8	3.5	6.7^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	15 716.1	21 005.4	29 137.0^a
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	2.2	1.7	1.1^a
Economy: Industry^d (% of Gross Value Added)	23	19	12.9^a
Economy: Services and other activity^d (% of GVA)	74.7	79.4	86^a
Employment: Agriculture^e (% of employed)	2.1	1.3	1.2
Employment: Industry^e (% of employed)	29.8	25.5	18.9
Employment: Services^e (% employed)	68.1	73.2	79.9
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.9	6.8	3.8^e
Labour force participation^e (female/male pop. %)	29.6 / 67.5	34.1 / 66.4	43.2 / 66.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	89	100	112^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	97	98	90^f
Index of industrial production (2005=100)	100	102	97^g
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	2 431	3 717	3 863^e,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	3 865	5 732	7 219^e,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	- 1 435	- 2 015	- 3 357^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-418	-420	1 433^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.6	0.5	0.9ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	93.6	94.1	94.7
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.8	0.5	0.6ⁱ
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	1.5	1.4	1.4ⁱ
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	81.6 / 77.2	82.4 / 78.1	83.4 / 79.4ⁱ
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.4 / 18.9	15.0 / 23.0	14.3 / 27.6
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	24.6 / 6.0	33.0 / 7.9	45.5 / 10.6^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.1^j	7.4^j	9.8^c
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	5.7	5.6	5.5ⁱ
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.7	8.2	9.3^f
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	3.1	3.8ⁱ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5^k	6.5	5.3ⁱ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	95.7 / 98.0	99.3 / 98.7	106.6 / 102.6^f
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.3 / 104.5	98.0 / 109.7	97.8 / 93.8^f
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	37.3 / 27.5	42.7 / 31.6	56.8 / 41.5^f
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	1	0.9ⁱ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.2	8.7	11.9

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	41.2^l	63^l	80.1^m,a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.5	0.6	0.6^n,f
Threatened species (number)	25^k	26	40
Forested area (% of land area)	1.1	1.1	1.1^e,f
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.7 / 6.6	2.6 / 6.2	2.3 / 5.6^g
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	1^f
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	91	85	59^f
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	1 171	1 339	2 274^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	99.4	99.4	99.4^c
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	...	0.18	0.21^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.23^p	...	...

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to the localities of the Northern Harbour and Southern Harbour.
c		2018
d		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
e		Estimate.
f		2016
g		2014
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2015
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2004
l		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
m		Users in the last 3 months.
n		Provisional data.
o		Departures by air and by sea.
p		2002