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Greece vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 95th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Greece Malta
Population
10276140
583596
Population rank 95/197 167/197
GDP
$257B
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 54/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$24,752
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 49/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$44,074
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$388B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
142.2%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$37,349
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 16/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,372
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
49,769 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
208.7 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.32
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
47.3 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Greece and Malta: Comparison Charts

Greece and Malta economies compared

GDP
Greece

Malta
Year GDP
Greece Malta
1960 $4,274,890,307 -
1961 $4,892,397,431 -
1962 $5,140,542,929 -
1963 $5,813,285,627 -
1964 $6,576,906,345 -
1965 $7,582,209,670 -
1966 $8,472,021,467 -
1967 $9,146,592,856 -
1968 $9,950,331,206 -
1969 $11,454,106,327 -
1970 $12,957,113,636 $250,728,796
1971 $14,388,806,818 $264,578,485
1972 $16,650,659,091 $295,106,628
1973 $22,037,019,563 $345,616,106
1974 $24,998,715,909 $376,081,124
1975 $28,129,128,587 $474,618,321
1976 $30,719,552,239 $527,936,989
1977 $35,673,080,481 $625,563,171
1978 $43,654,480,519 $793,673,402
1979 $53,724,121,435 $1,001,288,847
1980 $56,039,256,595 $1,250,198,601
1981 $51,618,456,335 $1,243,509,394
1982 $53,858,346,939 $1,234,474,404
1983 $48,741,397,059 $1,165,729,707
1984 $47,352,146,312 $1,101,807,023
1985 $47,155,741,426 $1,117,797,439
1986 $55,595,445,472 $1,435,038,441
1987 $64,739,630,096 $1,751,293,461
1988 $75,200,610,137 $2,019,503,068
1989 $78,067,933,277 $2,118,655,677
1990 $96,529,587,274 $2,547,328,748
1991 $103,680,863,713 $2,750,216,747
1992 $114,608,178,405 $3,021,942,759
1993 $107,295,704,518 $2,709,193,538
1994 $114,980,063,202 $2,998,505,428
1995 $134,974,613,914 $3,709,360,097
1996 $142,502,984,145 $3,822,489,746
1997 $138,766,067,640 $3,787,070,704
1998 $139,612,812,176 $4,010,092,091
1999 $137,131,371,955 $4,111,891,845
2000 $125,760,166,225 $4,036,809,865
2001 $132,050,474,720 $4,070,867,153
2002 $150,253,800,086 $4,455,127,398
2003 $196,930,509,813 $5,418,315,225
2004 $234,979,615,898 $6,104,141,501
2005 $242,315,668,619 $6,393,234,965
2006 $269,073,415,334 $6,749,838,862
2007 $314,226,996,944 $7,908,412,374
2008 $351,121,399,546 $9,135,419,490
2009 $326,829,054,686 $8,734,745,632
2010 $296,417,644,404 $9,097,044,182
2011 $283,228,079,776 $9,789,361,705
2012 $238,841,140,018 $9,609,532,106
2013 $236,556,279,641 $10,796,782,634
2014 $233,911,581,521 $11,888,032,862
2015 $194,567,373,678 $11,340,795,033
2016 $193,097,239,006 $12,025,782,885
2017 $200,381,103,984 $14,161,366,733
2018 $213,298,873,494 $16,153,779,511
2019 $207,305,649,887 $16,337,793,531
2020 $191,362,985,555 $16,409,900,599
2021 $218,303,801,895 $19,723,563,355
2022 $218,880,566,444 $19,239,187,084
2023 $243,498,333,238 $22,210,718,401
2024 $257,144,811,302 $24,322,006,608

Greece and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Greece

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Greece Malta
1960 $513 -
1961 $583 -
1962 $608 -
1963 $686 -
1964 $773 -
1965 $887 -
1966 $984 -
1967 $1,053 -
1968 $1,138 -
1969 $1,306 -
1970 $1,474 $828
1971 $1,629 $874
1972 $1,873 $976
1973 $2,468 $1,144
1974 $2,789 $1,245
1975 $3,109 $1,560
1976 $3,343 $1,727
1977 $3,832 $2,038
1978 $4,629 $2,559
1979 $5,627 $3,196
1980 $5,812 $3,948
1981 $5,305 $3,898
1982 $5,502 $3,788
1983 $4,950 $3,527
1984 $4,785 $3,333
1985 $4,747 $3,322
1986 $5,578 $4,195
1987 $6,474 $5,084
1988 $7,492 $5,814
1989 $7,738 $6,041
1990 $9,467 $7,192
1991 $10,047 $7,559
1992 $11,021 $8,220
1993 $10,257 $7,296
1994 $10,937 $8,000
1995 $12,779 $9,828
1996 $13,433 $10,062
1997 $13,016 $9,893
1998 $13,023 $10,408
1999 $12,743 $10,609
2000 $11,638 $10,348
2001 $12,157 $10,358
2002 $13,782 $11,251
2003 $18,021 $13,594
2004 $21,449 $15,212
2005 $22,054 $15,831
2006 $24,416 $16,654
2007 $28,441 $19,444
2008 $31,696 $22,315
2009 $29,425 $21,176
2010 $26,653 $21,947
2011 $25,505 $23,517
2012 $21,624 $22,878
2013 $21,573 $25,416
2014 $21,475 $27,425
2015 $17,981 $25,530
2016 $17,919 $26,459
2017 $18,632 $30,317
2018 $19,873 $33,382
2019 $19,335 $32,422
2020 $17,887 $31,834
2021 $20,655 $38,065
2022 $20,972 $36,224
2023 $23,401 $40,182
2024 $24,752 $42,347

Greece vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Greece

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Greece Malta
1950 66.2 63.5
1951 66.7 63.9
1952 67.3 64.1
1953 67.5 64.3
1954 68 65.1
1955 68.6 66.3
1956 68.1 66.8
1957 68.4 67.5
1958 69.7 67.8
1959 69.6 68.4
1960 70.5 68.4
1961 70.4 68.4
1962 70.3 69.2
1963 70.6 69.2
1964 70.5 69.3
1965 71.5 69.5
1966 71.9 69.7
1967 71.4 69.8
1968 71.5 69.9
1969 72.1 70.1
1970 72.7 70.4
1971 72.9 70.1
1972 72.7 70.7
1973 73 71.3
1974 73.5 71.9
1975 73.5 72.1
1976 73.7 72.2
1977 73.8 72.3
1978 74.4 72.3
1979 74.7 72.5
1980 74.5 72.3
1981 74.9 72.4
1982 75.2 72.8
1983 75.5 73.1
1984 75.8 73.3
1985 76.1 73.9
1986 76.5 74.5
1987 76.1 75.3
1988 77 75.9
1989 77.1 76.2
1990 77.3 76.2
1991 77.4 76.5
1992 77.3 76.7
1993 77.7 76.8
1994 77.9 76.9
1995 77.9 77
1996 78 76.3
1997 78.4 77.3
1998 78.3 77.8
1999 78.4 77.8
2000 78.4 77.9
2001 78.9 78.9
2002 79 78.5
2003 79.1 78.7
2004 79.4 79.2
2005 79.7 79.5
2006 79.8 79.6
2007 79.7 79.7
2008 80.1 79.7
2009 80.4 80.4
2010 80.6 81.4
2011 80.6 80.8
2012 80.4 81.1
2013 81.1 81.8
2014 81.1 82.3
2015 80.8 82.6
2016 81.3 82.7
2017 81 83.1
2018 81.5 82.9
2019 81.3 82.8
2020 81.5 82.3
2021 80.5 82.3
2022 79.9 82.2
2023 81.9 83.3
2024 82 83.5
2025 82.2 83.6

Greece and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Greece

Malta
Year Population
Greece Malta
1960 8,331,725 326,550
1961 8,398,050 325,250
1962 8,448,233 323,900
1963 8,479,625 322,550
1964 8,510,429 321,250
1965 8,550,333 318,800
1966 8,613,651 315,200
1967 8,684,088 311,550
1968 8,740,765 307,900
1969 8,772,764 304,300
1970 8,792,806 302,650
1971 8,831,036 302,700
1972 8,888,628 302,450
1973 8,929,086 302,200
1974 8,962,022 301,996
1975 9,046,541 304,222
1976 9,188,150 305,774
1977 9,308,479 306,970
1978 9,429,959 310,182
1979 9,548,258 313,342
1980 9,642,505 316,645
1981 9,729,350 318,982
1982 9,789,513 325,898
1983 9,846,627 330,524
1984 9,895,801 330,593
1985 9,934,300 336,452
1986 9,967,213 342,121
1987 10,000,595 344,485
1988 10,036,983 347,325
1989 10,089,498 350,722
1990 10,196,792 354,170
1991 10,319,927 363,845
1992 10,399,061 367,618
1993 10,460,415 371,308
1994 10,512,922 374,797
1995 10,562,153 377,419
1996 10,608,800 379,905
1997 10,661,259 382,791
1998 10,720,509 385,287
1999 10,761,698 387,578
2000 10,805,808 390,087
2001 10,862,132 393,028
2002 10,902,022 395,969
2003 10,928,070 398,582
2004 10,955,141 401,268
2005 10,987,314 403,834
2006 11,020,362 405,308
2007 11,048,473 406,724
2008 11,077,841 409,379
2009 11,107,017 412,477
2010 11,121,341 414,508
2011 11,104,899 416,268
2012 11,045,011 420,028
2013 10,965,211 424,810
2014 10,892,413 433,481
2015 10,820,883 444,220
2016 10,775,971 454,505
2017 10,754,679 467,106
2018 10,732,882 483,903
2019 10,721,582 503,912
2020 10,698,599 515,490
2021 10,569,207 518,150
2022 10,436,882 531,113
2023 10,405,588 552,747
2024 10,388,805 574,346

Fertility rates in Greece and Malta

Fertility rate
Greece

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Greece Malta
1960 2.23 3.62
1961 2.13 3.27
1962 2.16 3.24
1963 2.14 2.9
1964 2.24 2.79
1965 2.25 2.52
1966 2.32 2.33
1967 2.45 2.24
1968 2.42 2.12
1969 2.36 2.02
1970 2.4 2.03
1971 2.32 2.06
1972 2.32 2.01
1973 2.27 1.65
1974 2.38 1.64
1975 2.33 2.27
1976 2.35 2.21
1977 2.27 2.14
1978 2.28 2.05
1979 2.26 2.1
1980 2.23 1.99
1981 2.09 1.87
1982 2.03 1.9
1983 1.94 1.92
1984 1.83 1.95
1985 1.67 1.95
1986 1.6 1.93
1987 1.5 1.97
1988 1.5 2.06
1989 1.4 2.1
1990 1.39 2.02
1991 1.37 1.99
1992 1.36 2.07
1993 1.32 1.96
1994 1.33 1.84
1995 1.28 1.77
1996 1.26 1.99
1997 1.27 1.93
1998 1.24 1.84
1999 1.23 1.73
2000 1.25 1.68
2001 1.25 1.48
2002 1.28 1.45
2003 1.29 1.48
2004 1.31 1.4
2005 1.34 1.38
2006 1.4 1.36
2007 1.41 1.35
2008 1.5 1.43
2009 1.5 1.42
2010 1.48 1.36
2011 1.4 1.45
2012 1.34 1.42
2013 1.29 1.36
2014 1.3 1.38
2015 1.33 1.37
2016 1.38 1.37
2017 1.35 1.26
2018 1.35 1.23
2019 1.34 1.14
2020 1.39 1.13
2021 1.43 1.13
2022 1.32 1.08
2023 1.32 1.06

Greece and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Greece

Malta
Year Median age, years
Greece Malta
1960 28.5 23.6
1961 29 23.8
1962 29.3 24
1963 29.4 24.2
1964 29.4 24.4
1965 31 24.5
1966 30.9 24.6
1967 31.1 24.8
1968 31.3 25
1969 31.6 25.5
1970 33.2 25.9
1971 32.9 26.3
1972 33 26.8
1973 33.3 27.2
1974 33.6 27.6
1975 33.8 28
1976 33.8 28.4
1977 33.9 28.7
1978 33.9 29.2
1979 34 29.6
1980 33.8 30
1981 33.7 30.3
1982 33.9 30.6
1983 34.1 30.9
1984 34.3 31.2
1985 34.5 31.4
1986 34.8 31.7
1987 35.1 32
1988 35.4 32.4
1989 35.7 32.7
1990 36 33
1991 36.3 33.3
1992 36.5 33.7
1993 36.6 34
1994 36.8 34.3
1995 37 34.7
1996 37.2 35.1
1997 37.4 35.5
1998 37.6 35.8
1999 37.8 36.1
2000 38 36.4
2001 38.2 36.7
2002 38.5 37
2003 38.8 37.4
2004 39.1 37.7
2005 39.4 38.1
2006 39.7 38.4
2007 40.1 38.7
2008 40.5 39
2009 40.9 39.3
2010 41.4 39.6
2011 41.8 39.9
2012 42.2 40.2
2013 42.7 40.4
2014 43.2 40.6
2015 43.7 40.6
2016 44.1 40.6
2017 44.4 40.5
2018 44.7 40.2
2019 45 39.9
2020 45.3 39.9
2021 45.9 40.2
2022 46.4 40.8
2023 46.7 41.4
2024 47.3 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Greece Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$239B
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.9%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.38%
2022
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.23%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
147,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.48%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
10%
2024
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
68%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
15.4%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.6
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26%
2023
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2023
2.7%
2022
Number of billionaires
16
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
143
2024
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$83.2B
2024
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$15.2B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$561M
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
7,406,000
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.5%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
88.6%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Greece Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,875 kg
2023
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22
2023
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
51.7 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.97 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
79.1%
2023
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.5%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
12.2%
2023
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
89.2%
2023
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,694 kWh
2023
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
40.6%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
8.1%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Greece Malta
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
-122,772
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
81%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.88 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
72.4
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
49
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
86
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.84
2023
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.3
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.9%
2009
94.9%
2021
English speaking
51%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
86.3%
2024
92.1%
2023

Health

Greece Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,768
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$593
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.21%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
6.37
2021
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
31 years
2023
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
28.9%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
69
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
32.8%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.81 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Greece Malta
% of world land
0.09%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
4,791 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
20,742 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,065 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
72,700 mi
2018
1,401 mi
2001

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