NUTS-3 MT002 · Malta
Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u Kemmuna
Export region data (CSV)Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u Kemmuna generates €993M of GDP across 41.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 7.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth92.8
Livability71.5
Market access12
Economic scale2
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
54.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability37
Labour stability61
Diversification22
Demographic stability99
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
43.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access75
Market access12
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
66
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary77
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers44
Scientists & engineers57
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
71.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy30.5
Jobs84
Education35
Health75
Safety92.3
Connectivity85
Environment99
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
92.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+10.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 34%Diversified · HHI 2470
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 7.3%Construction 8.7%Trade · transport · ICT 25.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 34%Public · health · education 23.5%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€920M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€67M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€48M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — construction (F)
€80M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€231M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,200
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 26
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
2024 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,280M
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€228M
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€9,681M
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€157M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€313M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€216M
2024 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
16,810
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
3,570
2024 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,320
2024 · EU pctl 2
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,082
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise births
696
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
342
2023 · EU pctl 16
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2007 · EU pctl 4
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
16 /M pop
2007 · EU pctl 25
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.7%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
337,845
2024 · EU pctl 21
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
576 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,762
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
9,410
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,081
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of total population change
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Live births
319
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
342
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
604 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
Social
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
904 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
193 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
2
2024 · EU pctl 1
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
91
2024 · EU pctl 99
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