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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		443^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		1 383.7^a
Capital city		Valletta
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		212.8^c,d
UN membership date		01-Dec-64
Surface area (km2)		1 565^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.7^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	8 741	10 710	14 864^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.5	10.9	4.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	21 099.5	24 702.1	33 752.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	1.2	0.9^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	19	13.3	12.8^b
Economy: Services and other activityⁱ (% of GVA)	79.4	85.5	86.3^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	1.3	1.5	0.9^j,e
Employment in industry (% of employed)	25.5	20	18^j,e
Employment in services (% employed)	73.1	78.5	81^j,e
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	6.8	5.4	3.4^e
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	34.0 / 66.4	42.2 / 67.0	45.9 / 66.8^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	108	114^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	108	99	71^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 717	3 915	3 514^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 732	6 788	5 783^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 015	- 2 873	- 2 269^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-420	301	-576^e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.5	0.9	0.4^e
Urban population (% of total population)	94.1	94.4	94.7^b
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^e
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.4 / 78.1	83.4 / 79.4	84.1 / 80.4^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	15.0 / 23.0	14.2 / 25.4	14.4 / 28.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	33.0 / 8.0	52.6 / 12.1	114.8 / 26.0^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	7.4^l	6.5	12.8^e
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	5.6	5.5	5^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.2	9.2	9^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.2	2.9	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.5	5.2	4.8^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.9 / 101.6	104.3 / 102.8	107.0 / 106.2^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.2 / 110.0	97.8 / 92.1	108.2 / 107.9^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.6 / 113.2	95.0 / 85.1	111.0 / 107.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	0.9	1.6^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.7	12.9	13.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	63^o	76^p	85.8^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	0.7	0.6^q,d
Threatened species (number)	26	31	58
Forested area (% of land area)	1.1	1.1	1.4^d
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.6 / 6.2	1.7 / 3.7	1.5 / 3.2^d
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	1	1^d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	85	63	65^d
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	1 339	1 783	2 753^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	78	79.3	79.5^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	0.18	0.17	0.21^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to the localities of the Northern Harbour and Southern Harbour.
d		2018
e		2020
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Includes irrigation canals.
i		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
p		Users in the last 3 months.
q		Provisional data.
r		Departures by air and by sea.