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Malta vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 187th vs. 181st).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Malta Seychelles
Population
583596
125181
Population rank 167/197 181/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 120/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 28/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 30/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
41.8 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Malta and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Malta and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Malta

Seychelles
Year GDP
Malta Seychelles
1960 - $12,012,025
1961 - $11,592,024
1962 - $12,642,026
1963 - $13,923,029
1964 - $15,393,032
1965 - $15,603,032
1966 - $16,443,034
1967 - $16,632,032
1968 - $16,074,028
1969 - $16,452,028
1970 $250,728,796 $18,432,032
1971 $264,578,485 $21,965,951
1972 $295,106,628 $30,645,123
1973 $345,616,106 $36,896,280
1974 $376,081,124 $43,134,496
1975 $474,618,321 $47,803,146
1976 $527,936,989 $49,278,982
1977 $625,563,171 $64,526,401
1978 $793,673,402 $85,552,366
1979 $1,001,288,847 $127,261,099
1980 $1,250,198,601 $156,783,830
1981 $1,243,509,394 $163,750,728
1982 $1,234,474,404 $157,211,790
1983 $1,165,729,707 $156,098,237
1984 $1,101,807,023 $160,992,921
1985 $1,117,797,439 $179,691,483
1986 $1,435,038,441 $221,147,061
1987 $1,751,293,461 $265,212,957
1988 $2,019,503,068 $301,985,618
1989 $2,118,655,677 $324,333,367
1990 $2,547,328,748 $392,163,561
1991 $2,750,216,747 $398,307,170
1992 $3,021,942,759 $461,409,399
1993 $2,709,193,538 $504,230,621
1994 $2,998,505,428 $517,570,058
1995 $3,709,360,097 $540,733,048
1996 $3,822,489,746 $535,250,347
1997 $3,787,070,704 $598,966,982
1998 $4,010,092,091 $647,287,376
1999 $4,111,891,845 $662,838,615
2000 $4,036,809,865 $654,212,394
2001 $4,070,867,153 $662,064,156
2002 $4,455,127,398 $742,134,838
2003 $5,418,315,225 $750,847,230
2004 $6,104,141,501 $893,012,218
2005 $6,393,234,965 $977,899,382
2006 $6,749,838,862 $1,081,441,283
2007 $7,908,412,374 $1,077,308,814
2008 $9,135,419,490 $979,597,394
2009 $8,734,745,632 $850,901,620
2010 $9,097,044,182 $981,616,542
2011 $9,789,361,705 $1,058,918,707
2012 $9,609,532,106 $1,089,407,839
2013 $10,796,782,634 $1,333,160,407
2014 $11,888,032,862 $1,387,577,870
2015 $11,340,795,033 $1,432,403,352
2016 $12,025,782,885 $1,568,513,348
2017 $14,161,366,733 $1,675,370,641
2018 $16,153,779,511 $1,784,313,927
2019 $16,337,793,531 $1,868,690,097
2020 $16,409,900,599 $1,382,551,752
2021 $19,723,563,355 $1,487,173,795
2022 $19,239,187,084 $2,018,346,589
2023 $22,210,718,401 $2,187,379,755
2024 $24,322,006,608 $2,167,239,562

Malta and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Malta Seychelles
1960 - $288.1
1961 - $270.3
1962 - $287
1963 - $308
1964 - $332
1965 - $328
1966 - $338
1967 - $333
1968 - $314
1969 - $314
1970 $828 $344
1971 $874 $402
1972 $976 $547
1973 $1,144 $649
1974 $1,245 $745
1975 $1,560 $806
1976 $1,727 $814
1977 $2,038 $1,044
1978 $2,559 $1,377
1979 $3,196 $2,030
1980 $3,948 $2,478
1981 $3,898 $2,557
1982 $3,788 $2,441
1983 $3,527 $2,426
1984 $3,333 $2,488
1985 $3,322 $2,754
1986 $4,195 $3,368
1987 $5,084 $3,872
1988 $5,814 $4,392
1989 $6,041 $4,689
1990 $7,192 $5,642
1991 $7,559 $5,655
1992 $8,220 $6,520
1993 $7,296 $6,979
1994 $8,000 $6,975
1995 $9,828 $7,181
1996 $10,062 $7,004
1997 $9,893 $7,747
1998 $10,408 $8,210
1999 $10,609 $8,243
2000 $10,348 $8,064
2001 $10,358 $8,153
2002 $11,251 $8,864
2003 $13,594 $9,070
2004 $15,212 $10,828
2005 $15,831 $11,802
2006 $16,654 $12,783
2007 $19,444 $12,669
2008 $22,315 $11,265
2009 $21,176 $9,747
2010 $21,947 $10,935
2011 $23,517 $12,110
2012 $22,878 $12,337
2013 $25,416 $14,821
2014 $27,425 $15,188
2015 $25,530 $15,333
2016 $26,459 $16,567
2017 $30,317 $17,480
2018 $33,382 $18,440
2019 $32,422 $19,142
2020 $31,834 $14,041
2021 $38,065 $14,983
2022 $36,224 $16,837
2023 $40,182 $18,263
2024 $42,347 $17,859

Malta vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta Seychelles
1950 63.5 57.8
1951 63.9 58
1952 64.1 58.4
1953 64.3 58.7
1954 65.1 59
1955 66.3 59.4
1956 66.8 59.8
1957 67.5 60.2
1958 67.8 60.4
1959 68.4 60.4
1960 68.4 60.5
1961 68.4 60.6
1962 69.2 60.7
1963 69.2 60.9
1964 69.3 61.2
1965 69.5 61.4
1966 69.7 61.7
1967 69.8 62.1
1968 69.9 62.6
1969 70.1 63.3
1970 70.4 64
1971 70.1 64.6
1972 70.7 65.3
1973 71.3 65.9
1974 71.9 66.4
1975 72.1 66.8
1976 72.2 67.2
1977 72.3 67.6
1978 72.3 67.9
1979 72.5 68.2
1980 72.3 68.5
1981 72.4 68.7
1982 72.8 69
1983 73.1 69.3
1984 73.3 69.5
1985 73.9 69.6
1986 74.5 69.8
1987 75.3 69.9
1988 75.9 70
1989 76.2 70.1
1990 76.2 70.2
1991 76.5 70.3
1992 76.7 70.3
1993 76.8 70.4
1994 76.9 70.5
1995 77 70.6
1996 76.3 70.8
1997 77.3 70.8
1998 77.8 71.1
1999 77.8 71.2
2000 77.9 71.3
2001 78.9 71.4
2002 78.5 71.5
2003 78.7 71.7
2004 79.2 71.7
2005 79.5 71.9
2006 79.6 72
2007 79.7 72.2
2008 79.7 72.3
2009 80.4 72.4
2010 81.4 72.5
2011 80.8 72.5
2012 81.1 72.5
2013 81.8 72.4
2014 82.3 72.4
2015 82.6 72.3
2016 82.7 72.2
2017 83.1 72.2
2018 82.9 72.2
2019 82.8 72.1
2020 82.3 74.1
2021 82.3 71.2
2022 82.2 71.2
2023 83.3 72.9
2024 83.5 73
2025 83.6 73.1

Malta and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

Seychelles
Year Population
Malta Seychelles
1960 326,550 41,700
1961 325,250 42,889
1962 323,900 44,042
1963 322,550 45,176
1964 321,250 46,322
1965 318,800 47,500
1966 315,200 48,699
1967 311,550 49,911
1968 307,900 51,134
1969 304,300 52,365
1970 302,650 53,600
1971 302,700 54,695
1972 302,450 56,029
1973 302,200 56,892
1974 301,996 57,937
1975 304,222 59,292
1976 305,774 60,504
1977 306,970 61,786
1978 310,182 62,150
1979 313,342 62,686
1980 316,645 63,261
1981 318,982 64,035
1982 325,898 64,413
1983 330,524 64,335
1984 330,593 64,717
1985 336,452 65,244
1986 342,121 65,652
1987 344,485 68,499
1988 347,325 68,755
1989 350,722 69,167
1990 354,170 69,507
1991 363,845 70,439
1992 367,618 70,763
1993 371,308 72,253
1994 374,797 74,205
1995 377,419 75,304
1996 379,905 76,417
1997 382,791 77,319
1998 385,287 78,846
1999 387,578 80,410
2000 390,087 81,131
2001 393,028 81,202
2002 395,969 83,723
2003 398,582 82,781
2004 401,268 82,475
2005 403,834 82,858
2006 405,308 84,600
2007 406,724 85,033
2008 409,379 86,956
2009 412,477 87,298
2010 414,508 89,770
2011 416,268 87,441
2012 420,028 88,303
2013 424,810 89,949
2014 433,481 91,359
2015 444,220 93,419
2016 454,505 94,677
2017 467,106 95,843
2018 483,903 96,762
2019 503,912 97,625
2020 515,490 98,462
2021 518,150 99,258
2022 531,113 119,878
2023 552,747 119,773
2024 574,346 121,354

Fertility rates in Malta and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Malta

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Malta Seychelles
1960 3.62 5.31
1961 3.27 5.42
1962 3.24 5.51
1963 2.9 5.61
1964 2.79 5.69
1965 2.52 5.72
1966 2.33 6.13
1967 2.24 5.9
1968 2.12 5.61
1969 2.02 5.48
1970 2.03 5.31
1971 2.06 5.69
1972 2.01 5.16
1973 1.65 4.78
1974 1.64 5.1
1975 2.27 4.75
1976 2.21 4.09
1977 2.14 3.75
1978 2.05 3.92
1979 2.1 3.66
1980 1.99 3.79
1981 1.87 3.67
1982 1.9 3.13
1983 1.92 3.22
1984 1.95 3.24
1985 1.95 3.09
1986 1.93 3.07
1987 1.97 2.92
1988 2.06 2.79
1989 2.1 2.67
1990 2.02 2.61
1991 1.99 2.69
1992 2.07 2.53
1993 1.96 2.58
1994 1.84 2.6
1995 1.77 2.36
1996 1.99 2.31
1997 1.93 2.1
1998 1.84 2.04
1999 1.73 2.04
2000 1.68 2.08
2001 1.48 1.98
2002 1.45 2.04
2003 1.48 2.06
2004 1.4 2.01
2005 1.38 2.2
2006 1.36 2.11
2007 1.35 2.24
2008 1.43 2.33
2009 1.42 2.38
2010 1.36 2.16
2011 1.45 2.33
2012 1.42 2.37
2013 1.36 2.26
2014 1.38 2.25
2015 1.37 2.31
2016 1.37 2.39
2017 1.26 2.41
2018 1.23 2.41
2019 1.14 2.36
2020 1.13 2.29
2021 1.13 2.46
2022 1.08 2.01
2023 1.06 2.02

Malta and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Malta

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Malta Seychelles
1960 23.6 21.9
1961 23.8 21.6
1962 24 21.3
1963 24.2 21
1964 24.4 20.6
1965 24.5 20.2
1966 24.6 19.8
1967 24.8 19.4
1968 25 19
1969 25.5 18.7
1970 25.9 18.5
1971 26.3 18.4
1972 26.8 18.5
1973 27.2 18.6
1974 27.6 18.7
1975 28 18.9
1976 28.4 19
1977 28.7 19.3
1978 29.2 19.6
1979 29.6 19.9
1980 30 20.4
1981 30.3 20.7
1982 30.6 21.1
1983 30.9 21.4
1984 31.2 21.7
1985 31.4 22
1986 31.7 22.3
1987 32 22.5
1988 32.4 22.9
1989 32.7 23.3
1990 33 23.6
1991 33.3 24
1992 33.7 24.5
1993 34 24.8
1994 34.3 25.2
1995 34.7 25.4
1996 35.1 25.7
1997 35.5 26.1
1998 35.8 26.4
1999 36.1 26.8
2000 36.4 27.3
2001 36.7 27.7
2002 37 28.1
2003 37.4 28.5
2004 37.7 28.9
2005 38.1 29.3
2006 38.4 29.6
2007 38.7 30
2008 39 30.4
2009 39.3 30.8
2010 39.6 31.2
2011 39.9 31.4
2012 40.2 31.5
2013 40.4 31.6
2014 40.6 31.8
2015 40.6 32.1
2016 40.6 32.3
2017 40.5 32.6
2018 40.2 32.9
2019 39.9 33.2
2020 39.9 33.6
2021 40.2 34
2022 40.8 34.4
2023 41.4 34.7
2024 41.8 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
18.4%
2020
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Malta Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Malta Seychelles
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
96.2%
2020
English speaking
88.3%
2023
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Malta Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
3.82
2022
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
66
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Malta Seychelles
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
327 mi
2015

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