Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Spain instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 17.6% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Spain, that number is 23.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 18.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Spain, that number is 14.1% as of 2019.
be 21.1% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Spain, however, that number is 20.7% as of 2018.
pay a 28.6% higher top tax rate
Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Spain, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Spain, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
be 45.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Malta, approximately 4.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Spain, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.
have 26.7% fewer children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Spain, there are 7.1 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. Spain spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 11.0% more on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Spain, that number is 9.1% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 25.2 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Spain, that number is 4,964 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Spain: At a glance
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