Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Thailand instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 65.4% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Thailand, that number is 10.0% of people as of 2016.
live 5.5 years less
In Malta, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Thailand, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 42.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Thailand, however, that number is 9.9% as of 2018.
make 55.9% less money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $39,200 as of 2020, while in Thailand, the GDP per capita is $17,300 as of 2020.
be 26.9% more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Thailand, that number is 1.0% as of 2019.
Life
be 6.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Thailand, 37.0 women do as of 2017.
be 42.8% more 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 Thailand, on the other hand, 6.5 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 10.3% less likely to have internet access
In Malta, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Thailand, about 78.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 36.2% less on education
Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Thailand spends 3.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 53.7% less on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Thailand, that number is 3.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 16.4 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Thailand, that number is 3,219 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Thailand: At a glance
How big is Thailand compared to Malta? See an in-depth size comparison.