Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sweden instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 28.7% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sweden, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 29.3% more money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $39,200 as of 2020, while in Sweden, the GDP per capita is $50,700 as of 2020.
be 8.7 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Sweden, that number is 6.8% as of 2019.
pay a 63.1% higher top tax rate
Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Sweden, the top tax rate is 57.1% 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 Sweden, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
be 49.2% 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 Sweden, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.
have 11.3% more children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Sweden, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 61.7% more on education
Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Sweden spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 32.9% more on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Sweden, that number is 10.9% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 16.4 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Sweden, that number is 3,218 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue, Skatteverket.
Sweden: At a glance
How big is Sweden compared to Malta? See an in-depth size comparison.