NUTS-3 MT002 · Malta
Population
41,2532025
GDP
€993M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
67.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
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MT002
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
44.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
43.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
92.8
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,067
Population density
613 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 67 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€920M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€67M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€48M
GVA — construction (F)
€80M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€231M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,280M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€228M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€9,681M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€157M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€313M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€216M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
16,810
Self-employed persons
3,570
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,320
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.6%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,082
Enterprise births
696
Enterprise deaths
342
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
16 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
337,845
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
576 /1k
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,762
Population aged 65+
9,410
Population aged under 15
5,081
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
Crude rate of total population change
8.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
Live births
319
Deaths
342
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
604 /km²
Social
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
904 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr