Malta vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Malta with a GDP of $14.6B ranked the 126th largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, Malta and the Marshall Islands ranked 35th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Malta	Marshall Islands
GDP	$14.6B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	6.4%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	7.6%	N/A
Population	465k	53k
GDP per capita	$30k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	3.34%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.6	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.71	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$46k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$12.8B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$26k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$19B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$39k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Malta	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	1.7%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.1%	0.3%
Unemployment	4.6%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	69.5	58
Personal Freedom Index	9.08	6.2
Human Freedom Index	8.42	6.2
Property Rights Index	70.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	49.6	N/A
Business Freedom Index	68	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	95.9	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	61.1	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	85	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	86.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	77.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	60	N/A
Tax Burden Index	64.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	55.1	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	54	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	82.5	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.5	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	6.1	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	0.9	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	2.6M	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Malta	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	45.4%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	31.1%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	19.1%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$1B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$4.7B	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Malta	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	144.9%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	124%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$1.4B	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	38.8%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$6.8M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$276.5M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	12.1%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	0.9%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$814.5M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$618.8M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	34.9%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	36.5%	N/A