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Malta vs Netherlands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 187th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Main facts and rankings

Malta Netherlands
Population
583596
18191638
Population rank 167/197 72/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$1.23T
2024
GDP rank 120/197 19/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$68,219
2024
GDP per capita rank 28/197 13/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$84,218
2024
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$531B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
43.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$29,494
2024
Government debt per person rank 30/185 25/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$45,699
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
13,000 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
1,384 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
1.43
2023
Median age
41.8 years
2024
42.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
82.4 years
2025

Malta and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Malta and Netherlands economies compared

GDP
Malta

Netherlands
Year GDP
Malta Netherlands
1960 - $13,282,979,015
1961 - $14,599,836,396
1962 - $15,847,582,341
1963 - $17,193,744,109
1964 - $20,232,048,553
1965 - $22,721,869,808
1966 - $24,741,480,717
1967 - $27,143,828,099
1968 - $30,097,635,751
1969 - $34,086,038,090
1970 $250,728,796 $38,220,884,519
1971 $264,578,485 $44,644,730,576
1972 $295,106,628 $54,787,070,173
1973 $345,616,106 $71,946,639,603
1974 $376,081,124 $87,371,810,804
1975 $474,618,321 $100,397,061,694
1976 $527,936,989 $109,329,386,564
1977 $625,563,171 $127,203,923,857
1978 $793,673,402 $156,089,077,205
1979 $1,001,288,847 $179,933,827,310
1980 $1,250,198,601 $195,439,301,707
1981 $1,243,509,394 $164,375,775,854
1982 $1,234,474,404 $158,712,765,536
1983 $1,165,729,707 $153,671,294,109
1984 $1,101,807,023 $144,124,462,912
1985 $1,117,797,439 $144,057,523,222
1986 $1,435,038,441 $201,157,708,221
1987 $1,751,293,461 $245,406,949,521
1988 $2,019,503,068 $262,295,966,105
1989 $2,118,655,677 $258,716,904,292
1990 $2,547,328,748 $318,799,003,994
1991 $2,750,216,747 $327,982,316,124
1992 $3,021,942,759 $363,497,050,125
1993 $2,709,193,538 $354,070,495,966
1994 $2,998,505,428 $379,688,232,232
1995 $3,709,360,097 $452,967,334,614
1996 $3,822,489,746 $451,372,549,020
1997 $3,787,070,704 $417,506,211,882
1998 $4,010,092,091 $438,612,530,549
1999 $4,111,891,845 $447,778,514,140
2000 $4,036,809,865 $417,649,282,154
2001 $4,070,867,153 $432,536,219,669
2002 $4,455,127,398 $475,529,972,123
2003 $5,418,315,225 $582,435,617,082
2004 $6,104,141,501 $661,224,886,143
2005 $6,393,234,965 $688,133,699,636
2006 $6,749,838,862 $737,593,995,289
2007 $7,908,412,374 $853,499,460,873
2008 $9,135,419,490 $957,901,566,041
2009 $8,734,745,632 $878,954,223,140
2010 $9,097,044,182 $852,464,982,433
2011 $9,789,361,705 $913,140,741,333
2012 $9,609,532,106 $845,689,017,066
2013 $10,796,782,634 $883,951,539,007
2014 $11,888,032,862 $901,556,501,756
2015 $11,340,795,033 $775,743,675,303
2016 $12,025,782,885 $797,163,949,290
2017 $14,161,366,733 $848,233,537,846
2018 $16,153,779,511 $929,733,599,797
2019 $16,337,793,531 $928,903,005,576
2020 $16,409,900,599 $932,560,861,701
2021 $19,723,563,355 $1,054,472,123,450
2022 $19,239,187,084 $1,046,540,797,549
2023 $22,210,718,401 $1,154,361,305,398
2024 $24,322,006,608 $1,227,543,925,316

Malta and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

Netherlands
Year GDP per capita
Malta Netherlands
1960 - $1,156
1961 - $1,254
1962 - $1,342
1963 - $1,437
1964 - $1,668
1965 - $1,848
1966 - $1,986
1967 - $2,155
1968 - $2,364
1969 - $2,647
1970 $828 $2,931
1971 $874 $3,384
1972 $976 $4,110
1973 $1,144 $5,353
1974 $1,245 $6,450
1975 $1,560 $7,346
1976 $1,727 $7,937
1977 $2,038 $9,180
1978 $2,559 $11,196
1979 $3,196 $12,817
1980 $3,948 $13,812
1981 $3,898 $11,537
1982 $3,788 $11,089
1983 $3,527 $10,696
1984 $3,333 $9,992
1985 $3,322 $9,941
1986 $4,195 $13,804
1987 $5,084 $16,734
1988 $5,814 $17,771
1989 $6,041 $17,423
1990 $7,192 $21,322
1991 $7,559 $21,764
1992 $8,220 $23,939
1993 $7,296 $23,156
1994 $8,000 $24,683
1995 $9,828 $29,301
1996 $10,062 $29,064
1997 $9,893 $26,745
1998 $10,408 $27,924
1999 $10,609 $28,319
2000 $10,348 $26,225
2001 $10,358 $26,956
2002 $11,251 $29,447
2003 $13,594 $35,897
2004 $15,212 $40,611
2005 $15,831 $42,165
2006 $16,654 $45,124
2007 $19,444 $52,101
2008 $22,315 $58,247
2009 $21,176 $53,172
2010 $21,947 $51,306
2011 $23,517 $54,702
2012 $22,878 $50,474
2013 $25,416 $52,602
2014 $27,425 $53,457
2015 $25,530 $45,794
2016 $26,459 $46,809
2017 $30,317 $49,514
2018 $33,382 $53,955
2019 $32,422 $53,555
2020 $31,834 $53,468
2021 $38,065 $60,142
2022 $36,224 $59,123
2023 $40,182 $64,572
2024 $42,347 $68,219

Malta vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

Netherlands
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta Netherlands
1950 63.5 71.4
1951 63.9 71.5
1952 64.1 72.1
1953 64.3 71.7
1954 65.1 72.4
1955 66.3 72.5
1956 66.8 72.5
1957 67.5 73
1958 67.8 73.1
1959 68.4 73.2
1960 68.4 73.4
1961 68.4 73.6
1962 69.2 73.2
1963 69.2 73.4
1964 69.3 73.7
1965 69.5 73.6
1966 69.7 73.6
1967 69.8 73.8
1968 69.9 73.6
1969 70.1 73.6
1970 70.4 73.6
1971 70.1 73.9
1972 70.7 73.8
1973 71.3 74.2
1974 71.9 74.6
1975 72.1 74.6
1976 72.2 74.7
1977 72.3 75.3
1978 72.3 75.2
1979 72.5 75.6
1980 72.3 75.8
1981 72.4 76
1982 72.8 76.1
1983 73.1 76.3
1984 73.3 76.3
1985 73.9 76.4
1986 74.5 76.4
1987 75.3 76.8
1988 75.9 77
1989 76.2 76.8
1990 76.2 77
1991 76.5 77.2
1992 76.7 77.4
1993 76.8 77
1994 76.9 77.5
1995 77 77.6
1996 76.3 77.6
1997 77.3 77.9
1998 77.8 78
1999 77.8 78
2000 77.9 78.1
2001 78.9 78.3
2002 78.5 78.4
2003 78.7 78.7
2004 79.2 79.2
2005 79.5 79.5
2006 79.6 79.8
2007 79.7 80.3
2008 79.7 80.4
2009 80.4 80.7
2010 81.4 80.8
2011 80.8 81.1
2012 81.1 81.1
2013 81.8 81.3
2014 82.3 81.7
2015 82.6 81.5
2016 82.7 81.6
2017 83.1 81.7
2018 82.9 81.8
2019 82.8 82.1
2020 82.3 81.4
2021 82.3 81.4
2022 82.2 81.9
2023 83.3 82.2
2024 83.5 82.3
2025 83.6 82.4

Malta and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

Netherlands
Year Population
Malta Netherlands
1960 326,550 11,486,631
1961 325,250 11,638,712
1962 323,900 11,805,689
1963 322,550 11,965,966
1964 321,250 12,127,120
1965 318,800 12,294,732
1966 315,200 12,456,251
1967 311,550 12,598,201
1968 307,900 12,729,721
1969 304,300 12,877,984
1970 302,650 13,038,526
1971 302,700 13,194,497
1972 302,450 13,328,593
1973 302,200 13,439,322
1974 301,996 13,545,056
1975 304,222 13,666,335
1976 305,774 13,774,037
1977 306,970 13,856,185
1978 310,182 13,941,700
1979 313,342 14,038,270
1980 316,645 14,149,800
1981 318,982 14,247,208
1982 325,898 14,312,690
1983 330,524 14,367,070
1984 330,593 14,424,211
1985 336,452 14,491,632
1986 342,121 14,572,278
1987 344,485 14,665,037
1988 347,325 14,760,094
1989 350,722 14,848,907
1990 354,170 14,951,510
1991 363,845 15,069,798
1992 367,618 15,184,166
1993 371,308 15,290,368
1994 374,797 15,382,838
1995 377,419 15,459,006
1996 379,905 15,530,498
1997 382,791 15,610,650
1998 385,287 15,707,209
1999 387,578 15,812,088
2000 390,087 15,925,513
2001 393,028 16,046,180
2002 395,969 16,148,929
2003 398,582 16,225,302
2004 401,268 16,281,779
2005 403,834 16,319,868
2006 405,308 16,346,101
2007 406,724 16,381,696
2008 409,379 16,445,593
2009 412,477 16,530,388
2010 414,508 16,615,394
2011 416,268 16,693,074
2012 420,028 16,754,962
2013 424,810 16,804,432
2014 433,481 16,865,008
2015 444,220 16,939,923
2016 454,505 17,030,314
2017 467,106 17,131,296
2018 483,903 17,231,624
2019 503,912 17,344,874
2020 515,490 17,441,500
2021 518,150 17,533,044
2022 531,113 17,700,982
2023 552,747 17,877,117
2024 574,346 17,994,237

Fertility rates in Malta and Netherlands

Fertility rate
Malta

Netherlands
Year Fertility rate
Malta Netherlands
1960 3.62 3.12
1961 3.27 3.22
1962 3.24 3.18
1963 2.9 3.19
1964 2.79 3.17
1965 2.52 3.04
1966 2.33 2.9
1967 2.24 2.81
1968 2.12 2.72
1969 2.02 2.75
1970 2.03 2.57
1971 2.06 2.36
1972 2.01 2.15
1973 1.65 1.9
1974 1.64 1.77
1975 2.27 1.66
1976 2.21 1.63
1977 2.14 1.58
1978 2.05 1.58
1979 2.1 1.56
1980 1.99 1.6
1981 1.87 1.56
1982 1.9 1.5
1983 1.92 1.47
1984 1.95 1.49
1985 1.95 1.51
1986 1.93 1.55
1987 1.97 1.56
1988 2.06 1.55
1989 2.1 1.55
1990 2.02 1.62
1991 1.99 1.61
1992 2.07 1.59
1993 1.96 1.57
1994 1.84 1.57
1995 1.77 1.53
1996 1.99 1.53
1997 1.93 1.56
1998 1.84 1.63
1999 1.73 1.65
2000 1.68 1.72
2001 1.48 1.71
2002 1.45 1.73
2003 1.48 1.75
2004 1.4 1.72
2005 1.38 1.71
2006 1.36 1.72
2007 1.35 1.72
2008 1.43 1.77
2009 1.42 1.79
2010 1.36 1.79
2011 1.45 1.76
2012 1.42 1.72
2013 1.36 1.68
2014 1.38 1.71
2015 1.37 1.66
2016 1.37 1.66
2017 1.26 1.62
2018 1.23 1.59
2019 1.14 1.57
2020 1.13 1.54
2021 1.13 1.62
2022 1.08 1.49
2023 1.06 1.43

Malta and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age
Malta

Netherlands
Year Median age, years
Malta Netherlands
1960 23.6 28.8
1961 23.8 28.8
1962 24 28.7
1963 24.2 28.7
1964 24.4 28.6
1965 24.5 28.6
1966 24.6 28.6
1967 24.8 28.5
1968 25 28.6
1969 25.5 28.6
1970 25.9 28.6
1971 26.3 28.7
1972 26.8 28.9
1973 27.2 29
1974 27.6 29.3
1975 28 29.4
1976 28.4 29.8
1977 28.7 30.3
1978 29.2 30.7
1979 29.6 31
1980 30 31.3
1981 30.3 31.6
1982 30.6 31.9
1983 30.9 32.3
1984 31.2 32.6
1985 31.4 32.9
1986 31.7 33.2
1987 32 33.5
1988 32.4 33.8
1989 32.7 34.1
1990 33 34.3
1991 33.3 34.6
1992 33.7 34.8
1993 34 35.1
1994 34.3 35.4
1995 34.7 35.7
1996 35.1 36.1
1997 35.5 36.4
1998 35.8 36.7
1999 36.1 37
2000 36.4 37.3
2001 36.7 37.5
2002 37 37.8
2003 37.4 38.1
2004 37.7 38.5
2005 38.1 38.9
2006 38.4 39.3
2007 38.7 39.7
2008 39 40
2009 39.3 40.3
2010 39.6 40.7
2011 39.9 41
2012 40.2 41.3
2013 40.4 41.6
2014 40.6 41.8
2015 40.6 42
2016 40.6 42.2
2017 40.5 42.3
2018 40.2 42.4
2019 39.9 42.5
2020 39.9 42.5
2021 40.2 42.6
2022 40.8 42.5
2023 41.4 42.4
2024 41.8 42.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta Netherlands
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$1.13T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
44.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
5.18%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
1.53%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
41,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
-1.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
3.64%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
70.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
17.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
78.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
21.4%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
3.6%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,231,625
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
8.62%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
13
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
103
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
$1.1T
2017
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
$79.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
$4.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
7,265,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
1.44%
2020
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
99.2%
2024

Energy

Malta Netherlands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
3,418 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
122.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
6.87 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
83.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
12.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
9.01%
2023
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
87%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
6,189 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
33.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0.06%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
3.28%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Malta Netherlands
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.22%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
+121,628
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
93.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
6.03 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
92.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
78
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
95
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
0.69
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
4
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
88.3%
2023
90.9%
2023
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
97%
2023

Health

Malta Netherlands
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
$5,796
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
$581
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
82.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
3.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
30.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
4
2023
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
15%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
5%
2024
Air quality index
66
2025
77
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
21.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
8.71 liters
2020

Territory

Malta Netherlands
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
722 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
6,961 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
1,437 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
88,123 mi
2022

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