Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Malta instead of New Zealand, you would:
Economy
be 81.1% less likely to be unemployed
In New Zealand, 4.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Malta, that number is 0.8% as of 2019.
Life
be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In New Zealand, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Malta, 6.0 women do as of 2017.
be 31.7% more likely to die during infancy
In New Zealand, approximately 3.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Malta, on the other hand, 4.5 children do as of 2022.
have 23.9% fewer children
In New Zealand, there are approximately 12.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Malta, there are 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 21.7% less on education
New Zealand spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Malta spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 15.5% less on healthcare
New Zealand spends 9.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Malta, that number is 8.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 98.7% less coastline
New Zealand has a total of 15,134 km of coastline. In Malta, that number is 197 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Malta: At a glance
How big is Malta compared to New Zealand? See an in-depth size comparison.