Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Latvia instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 18.3% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Latvia, that number is 23.6% of people as of 2016.
live 7.3 years less
In Malta, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Latvia, that number is 76 years (71 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
pay a 34.3% lower top tax rate
Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Latvia, the top tax rate is 23.0% as of 2016.
make 23.7% less money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $39,200 as of 2020, while in Latvia, the GDP per capita is $29,900 as of 2020.
be 7.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Latvia, that number is 6.1% as of 2019.
be 33.9% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Latvia, however, that number is 22.9% as of 2018.
Life
be 3.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Latvia, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
have 10.3% fewer children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Latvia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 10.6% less on education
Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Latvia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 19.5% less on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Latvia, that number is 6.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.5 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Latvia, that number is 498 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: State Revenue Service, Latvia, The World Factbook, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue.
Latvia: At a glance
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