Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Canada instead of Malta, you would:
Economy
make 17.1% more money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $39,200 as of 2020, while in Canada, the GDP per capita is $45,900 as of 2020.
be 45.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Canada, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2008.
be 7.3 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Canada, that number is 5.7% as of 2019.
Life
be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Canada, 10.0 women do as of 2017.
Basic Needs
be 11.5% more likely to have internet access
In Malta, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Canada, about 97.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 12.8% more on education
Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Canada spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2011.
spend 31.7% more on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Canada, that number is 10.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 1026.8 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Canada, that number is 202,080 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Canada: At a glance
How big is Canada compared to Malta? See an in-depth size comparison.