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Malta vs Rwanda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 187th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Main facts and rankings

Malta Rwanda
Population
583596
14826674
Population rank 167/197 77/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$14.3B
2024
GDP rank 120/197 144/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$1,000
2024
GDP per capita rank 28/197 177/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$3,711
2024
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$9.58B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
77.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$672
2024
Government debt per person rank 30/185 156/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$2,587
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
9,525 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
1,497 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
3.7
2023
Median age
41.8 years
2024
20.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
68.2 years
2025

Malta and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Malta and Rwanda economies compared

GDP
Malta

Rwanda
Year GDP
Malta Rwanda
1960 - $119,000,024
1961 - $122,000,016
1962 - $125,000,008
1963 - $128,000,000
1964 - $129,999,994
1965 - $148,799,980
1966 - $124,525,703
1967 - $159,560,018
1968 - $172,200,018
1969 - $188,700,037
1970 $250,728,796 $219,900,006
1971 $264,578,485 $222,952,504
1972 $295,106,628 $246,457,838
1973 $345,616,106 $290,746,157
1974 $376,081,124 $308,458,423
1975 $474,618,321 $571,863,500
1976 $527,936,989 $637,753,853
1977 $625,563,171 $746,650,613
1978 $793,673,402 $905,709,076
1979 $1,001,288,847 $1,109,346,131
1980 $1,250,198,601 $1,254,765,642
1981 $1,243,509,394 $1,407,062,527
1982 $1,234,474,404 $1,407,243,139
1983 $1,165,729,707 $1,479,687,587
1984 $1,101,807,023 $1,587,413,084
1985 $1,117,797,439 $1,715,626,331
1986 $1,435,038,441 $1,944,710,684
1987 $1,751,293,461 $2,157,432,668
1988 $2,019,503,068 $2,395,492,687
1989 $2,118,655,677 $2,405,022,593
1990 $2,547,328,748 $2,550,185,679
1991 $2,750,216,747 $1,911,600,237
1992 $3,021,942,759 $2,029,026,962
1993 $2,709,193,538 $1,971,525,712
1994 $2,998,505,428 $753,636,370
1995 $3,709,360,097 $1,293,535,193
1996 $3,822,489,746 $1,382,334,879
1997 $3,787,070,704 $1,851,558,197
1998 $4,010,092,091 $1,989,343,546
1999 $4,111,891,845 $2,157,108,263
2000 $4,036,809,865 $2,068,836,754
2001 $4,070,867,153 $1,966,600,715
2002 $4,455,127,398 $1,966,003,468
2003 $5,418,315,225 $2,138,237,279
2004 $6,104,141,501 $2,376,496,067
2005 $6,393,234,965 $2,933,819,766
2006 $6,749,838,862 $3,319,784,539
2007 $7,908,412,374 $4,070,507,895
2008 $9,135,419,490 $5,179,854,065
2009 $8,734,745,632 $5,674,476,969
2010 $9,097,044,182 $6,124,756,654
2011 $9,789,361,705 $6,884,913,658
2012 $9,609,532,106 $7,654,761,045
2013 $10,796,782,634 $7,819,964,024
2014 $11,888,032,862 $8,238,966,120
2015 $11,340,795,033 $8,543,760,206
2016 $12,025,782,885 $8,695,272,061
2017 $14,161,366,733 $9,252,833,894
2018 $16,153,779,511 $9,637,904,519
2019 $16,337,793,531 $10,349,300,277
2020 $16,409,900,599 $10,174,386,855
2021 $19,723,563,355 $11,078,787,095
2022 $19,239,187,084 $13,316,161,006
2023 $22,210,718,401 $14,331,722,700
2024 $24,322,006,608 $14,251,642,231

Malta and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

Rwanda
Year GDP per capita
Malta Rwanda
1960 - $39.4
1961 - $39.3
1962 - $39.2
1963 - $39.3
1964 - $39
1965 - $43.5
1966 - $35.4
1967 - $44
1968 - $46
1969 - $48.9
1970 $828 $55.2
1971 $874 $54.4
1972 $976 $58.4
1973 $1,144 $66.9
1974 $1,245 $68.9
1975 $1,560 $124.1
1976 $1,727 $134.4
1977 $2,038 $152.7
1978 $2,559 $179.9
1979 $3,196 $213.8
1980 $3,948 $234.4
1981 $3,898 $254.6
1982 $3,788 $246.4
1983 $3,527 $250.6
1984 $3,333 $259.9
1985 $3,322 $271.6
1986 $4,195 $297.7
1987 $5,084 $320
1988 $5,814 $344
1989 $6,041 $335
1990 $7,192 $346
1991 $7,559 $254
1992 $8,220 $264.1
1993 $7,296 $247
1994 $8,000 $111
1995 $9,828 $228
1996 $10,062 $206
1997 $9,893 $238.7
1998 $10,408 $246.2
1999 $10,609 $264.7
2000 $10,348 $251.9
2001 $10,358 $237.3
2002 $11,251 $234
2003 $13,594 $249
2004 $15,212 $269.5
2005 $15,831 $324
2006 $16,654 $357
2007 $19,444 $426
2008 $22,315 $528
2009 $21,176 $564
2010 $21,947 $594
2011 $23,517 $651
2012 $22,878 $707
2013 $25,416 $705
2014 $27,425 $725
2015 $25,530 $734
2016 $26,459 $730
2017 $30,317 $758
2018 $33,382 $772
2019 $32,422 $810
2020 $31,834 $779
2021 $38,065 $830
2022 $36,224 $975
2023 $40,182 $1,027
2024 $42,347 $1,000

Malta vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

Rwanda
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta Rwanda
1950 63.5 43.2
1951 63.9 43.5
1952 64.1 43.8
1953 64.3 44.1
1954 65.1 44.4
1955 66.3 44.8
1956 66.8 45.2
1957 67.5 45.6
1958 67.8 46.1
1959 68.4 46.5
1960 68.4 47
1961 68.4 47.5
1962 69.2 47.8
1963 69.2 44
1964 69.3 48.1
1965 69.5 48.2
1966 69.7 48.1
1967 69.8 48
1968 69.9 47.7
1969 70.1 47.4
1970 70.4 47.1
1971 70.1 46.8
1972 70.7 46.3
1973 71.3 45.9
1974 71.9 45.6
1975 72.1 45.3
1976 72.2 45.3
1977 72.3 45.6
1978 72.3 46.2
1979 72.5 47.1
1980 72.3 48.1
1981 72.4 49.2
1982 72.8 50.2
1983 73.1 50.9
1984 73.3 51.4
1985 73.9 51.7
1986 74.5 51.7
1987 75.3 51.5
1988 75.9 50.9
1989 76.2 49.5
1990 76.2 47.8
1991 76.5 46.2
1992 76.7 44.4
1993 76.8 42.9
1994 76.9 12.2
1995 77 41.5
1996 76.3 42.5
1997 77.3 42
1998 77.8 43.1
1999 77.8 45.7
2000 77.9 47.8
2001 78.9 49.5
2002 78.5 51.3
2003 78.7 53.5
2004 79.2 55.5
2005 79.5 57
2006 79.6 58.3
2007 79.7 59.5
2008 79.7 60.6
2009 80.4 61.8
2010 81.4 62.8
2011 80.8 63.5
2012 81.1 64.2
2013 81.8 64.7
2014 82.3 65.1
2015 82.6 65.4
2016 82.7 65.7
2017 83.1 66.1
2018 82.9 66.4
2019 82.8 66.7
2020 82.3 67
2021 82.3 66.8
2022 82.2 67.5
2023 83.3 67.8
2024 83.5 68
2025 83.6 68.2

Malta and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

Rwanda
Year Population
Malta Rwanda
1960 326,550 3,022,294
1961 325,250 3,106,779
1962 323,900 3,186,025
1963 322,550 3,258,890
1964 321,250 3,334,834
1965 318,800 3,423,210
1966 315,200 3,521,626
1967 311,550 3,629,577
1968 307,900 3,744,010
1969 304,300 3,861,271
1970 302,650 3,980,669
1971 302,700 4,100,044
1972 302,450 4,220,335
1973 302,200 4,345,047
1974 301,996 4,474,228
1975 304,222 4,607,728
1976 305,774 4,745,954
1977 306,970 4,888,240
1978 310,182 5,035,171
1979 313,342 5,189,541
1980 316,645 5,353,259
1981 318,982 5,527,230
1982 325,898 5,711,549
1983 330,524 5,905,311
1984 330,593 6,107,627
1985 336,452 6,317,228
1986 342,121 6,531,881
1987 344,485 6,749,493
1988 347,325 6,968,071
1989 350,722 7,184,706
1990 354,170 7,375,307
1991 363,845 7,526,966
1992 367,618 7,683,266
1993 371,308 7,981,132
1994 374,797 6,792,352
1995 377,419 5,674,118
1996 379,905 6,708,764
1997 382,791 7,755,238
1998 385,287 8,081,681
1999 387,578 8,147,912
2000 390,087 8,213,931
2001 393,028 8,287,094
2002 395,969 8,400,180
2003 398,582 8,586,875
2004 401,268 8,816,844
2005 403,834 9,054,528
2006 405,308 9,299,246
2007 406,724 9,549,933
2008 409,379 9,804,269
2009 412,477 10,060,432
2010 414,508 10,317,553
2011 416,268 10,573,733
2012 420,028 10,829,901
2013 424,810 11,093,340
2014 433,481 11,364,757
2015 444,220 11,640,022
2016 454,505 11,919,183
2017 467,106 12,202,060
2018 483,903 12,487,996
2019 503,912 12,776,103
2020 515,490 13,065,837
2021 518,150 13,355,260
2022 531,113 13,651,030
2023 552,747 13,954,471
2024 574,346 14,256,567

Fertility rates in Malta and Rwanda

Fertility rate
Malta

Rwanda
Year Fertility rate
Malta Rwanda
1960 3.62 8.28
1961 3.27 8.28
1962 3.24 8.27
1963 2.9 8.27
1964 2.79 8.27
1965 2.52 8.25
1966 2.33 8.23
1967 2.24 8.21
1968 2.12 8.19
1969 2.02 8.18
1970 2.03 8.15
1971 2.06 8.09
1972 2.01 8.09
1973 1.65 8.09
1974 1.64 8.1
1975 2.27 8.1
1976 2.21 8.12
1977 2.14 8.14
1978 2.05 8.16
1979 2.1 8.13
1980 1.99 8.12
1981 1.87 8.1
1982 1.9 8.06
1983 1.92 8
1984 1.95 7.91
1985 1.95 7.79
1986 1.93 7.61
1987 1.97 7.43
1988 2.06 7.23
1989 2.1 7.03
1990 2.02 6.8
1991 1.99 6.62
1992 2.07 6.54
1993 1.96 6.48
1994 1.84 6.42
1995 1.77 6.35
1996 1.99 6.29
1997 1.93 6.24
1998 1.84 6.17
1999 1.73 6.06
2000 1.68 5.97
2001 1.48 5.89
2002 1.45 5.82
2003 1.48 5.74
2004 1.4 5.64
2005 1.38 5.5
2006 1.36 5.34
2007 1.35 5.14
2008 1.43 4.92
2009 1.42 4.71
2010 1.36 4.52
2011 1.45 4.33
2012 1.42 4.2
2013 1.36 4.14
2014 1.38 4.12
2015 1.37 4.11
2016 1.37 4.11
2017 1.26 4.08
2018 1.23 4.05
2019 1.14 3.99
2020 1.13 3.91
2021 1.13 3.84
2022 1.08 3.78
2023 1.06 3.7

Malta and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age
Malta

Rwanda
Year Median age, years
Malta Rwanda
1960 23.6 15.5
1961 23.8 15.1
1962 24 14.9
1963 24.2 14.8
1964 24.4 14.7
1965 24.5 14.8
1966 24.6 14.9
1967 24.8 15.1
1968 25 15.3
1969 25.5 15.5
1970 25.9 15.7
1971 26.3 15.9
1972 26.8 16
1973 27.2 16.2
1974 27.6 16.3
1975 28 16.4
1976 28.4 16.5
1977 28.7 16.6
1978 29.2 16.6
1979 29.6 16.5
1980 30 16.5
1981 30.3 16.4
1982 30.6 16.2
1983 30.9 16.1
1984 31.2 16
1985 31.4 15.8
1986 31.7 15.7
1987 32 15.6
1988 32.4 15.6
1989 32.7 15.5
1990 33 15.5
1991 33.3 15.5
1992 33.7 15.6
1993 34 15.7
1994 34.3 15
1995 34.7 14.3
1996 35.1 14.6
1997 35.5 14.8
1998 35.8 15.3
1999 36.1 15.8
2000 36.4 16.3
2001 36.7 16.8
2002 37 17.1
2003 37.4 17.4
2004 37.7 17.6
2005 38.1 17.8
2006 38.4 18
2007 38.7 18.1
2008 39 18.3
2009 39.3 18.4
2010 39.6 18.5
2011 39.9 18.7
2012 40.2 18.8
2013 40.4 19
2014 40.6 19.1
2015 40.6 19.3
2016 40.6 19.4
2017 40.5 19.6
2018 40.2 19.7
2019 39.9 19.8
2020 39.9 19.9
2021 40.2 20
2022 40.8 20.3
2023 41.4 20.5
2024 41.8 20.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta Rwanda
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$14.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
27.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
4.69%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
1.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
35,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
-6.29%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
47.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
21%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
54.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
33.4%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
3.1%
2023
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
5
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
$2.75B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
$2.41B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
$537M
2024
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
1,634,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
11%
2020
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
50%
2017

Energy

Malta Rwanda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
373 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
$8.31
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
1.65 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
0.12 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
79.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
0.97%
2022
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
10.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
68.1 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
61%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
50.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
63.9%
2023

Society

Malta Rwanda
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.18%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
-15,582
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
18.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
33.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
57
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
9
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
3.59
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
73
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
78.8%
2022
English speaking
88.3%
2023
15%
2023
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
34.2%
2023

Health

Malta Rwanda
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
$76.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
$7.39
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
68.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
42.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
0.12
2019
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
23 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
229
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
4.99%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
2.1%
2024
Air quality index
66
2025
6
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
14.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
2.87 liters
2020

Territory

Malta Rwanda
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
668 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
7,271 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
1,077 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
2,920 mi
2021

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