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
2 regions side-by-side
MT002 · AT331
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Außerfern (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u Kemmuna (45). Contrarian pick: Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u Kemmuna — leads the set on Growth momentum (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Economic base (90) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Growth momentum (93) · Labour market (85)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Außerfern
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u Kemmuna may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Außerfern leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
44.6
50.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.8
49.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.5
72.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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80.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
43.5
48.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.0
48.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
92.8
55.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
7.3% 5y
3.2% 5y
Population
1.7% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.0% 5y
5.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,067
€56,910
Population density
613 /km²
27 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€920M
€1,737M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
€21M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€67M
€542M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€48M
€470M
GVA — construction (F)
€80M
€70M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€231M
€564M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,200
€30,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,200 PPS
50,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
€57,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,280M
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€228M
€2,027M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€9,681M
€20,187M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€157M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€313M
€310M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€216M
€231M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€877M
€1,699M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€60,364
€113,937
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€188M
€518M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
16,810
18,400
Self-employed persons
3,570
2,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,320
3,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
82.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.6%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
22,800
17,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,082
2,606
Enterprise births
696
172
Enterprise deaths
342
125
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.5%
2.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.7%
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.7%
37.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.7%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.1%
20.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
337,845
3,319,002
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
576 /1k
551 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
—
1,416 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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180
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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15 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,762
21,739
Population aged 65+
9,410
7,474
Population aged under 15
5,081
4,733
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
34.4%
Crude rate of total population change
8.0 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
8.6 /1k
Live births
319
290
Deaths
342
290
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
56.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
604 /km²
28 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
21,087
32,071
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.4%
13.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
83.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.9%
12.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
601 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
904 /100k
859 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
196 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
5.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.4 /100k
115 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
753 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
41 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.91
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.85
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.45
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.93
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.116/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
1,455 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
183 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
18 days/yr