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Malta vs Spain statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 187th vs. 51st).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

Main facts and rankings

Malta Spain
Population
583596
48786181
Population rank 167/197 32/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$1.72T
2024
GDP rank 120/197 14/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$35,297
2024
GDP per capita rank 28/197 31/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$56,926
2024
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$1.75T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
100.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$35,940
2024
Government debt per person rank 30/185 19/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$24,195
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
192,934 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
253 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
1.12
2023
Median age
41.8 years
2024
46.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
84 years
2025

Malta and Spain: Comparison Charts

Malta and Spain economies compared

GDP
Malta

Spain
Year GDP
Malta Spain
1960 - $12,424,514,014
1961 - $14,238,126,760
1962 - $16,609,632,791
1963 - $19,631,714,760
1964 - $21,966,876,027
1965 - $25,479,619,607
1966 - $29,559,436,183
1967 - $32,570,905,397
1968 - $32,394,326,464
1969 - $37,090,689,288
1970 $250,728,796 $40,963,715,237
1971 $264,578,485 $46,586,119,760
1972 $295,106,628 $59,090,176,029
1973 $345,616,106 $78,583,355,226
1974 $376,081,124 $97,204,522,642
1975 $474,618,321 $114,695,060,870
1976 $527,936,989 $118,422,534,195
1977 $625,563,171 $132,354,665,936
1978 $793,673,402 $160,484,969,618
1979 $1,001,288,847 $214,448,666,336
1980 $1,250,198,601 $232,600,556,974
1981 $1,243,509,394 $202,663,023,968
1982 $1,234,474,404 $195,856,752,991
1983 $1,165,729,707 $170,829,074,246
1984 $1,101,807,023 $171,979,977,230
1985 $1,117,797,439 $180,664,322,896
1986 $1,435,038,441 $251,141,555,186
1987 $1,751,293,461 $318,520,253,335
1988 $2,019,503,068 $375,891,716,898
1989 $2,118,655,677 $414,460,794,097
1990 $2,547,328,748 $536,175,326,477
1991 $2,750,216,747 $576,753,902,322
1992 $3,021,942,759 $630,465,353,486
1993 $2,709,193,538 $524,700,572,624
1994 $2,998,505,428 $530,183,651,720
1995 $3,709,360,097 $614,170,002,669
1996 $3,822,489,746 $642,251,412,058
1997 $3,787,070,704 $589,739,772,727
1998 $4,010,092,091 $618,731,484,575
1999 $4,111,891,845 $634,394,904,387
2000 $4,036,809,865 $598,102,854,756
2001 $4,070,867,153 $627,798,682,379
2002 $4,455,127,398 $708,938,227,244
2003 $5,418,315,225 $907,963,217,058
2004 $6,104,141,501 $1,069,829,382,515
2005 $6,393,234,965 $1,154,667,551,776
2006 $6,749,838,862 $1,261,846,683,275
2007 $7,908,412,374 $1,476,746,276,855
2008 $9,135,419,490 $1,636,115,447,613
2009 $8,734,745,632 $1,496,587,590,848
2010 $9,097,044,182 $1,427,989,078,917
2011 $9,789,361,705 $1,487,568,659,241
2012 $9,609,532,106 $1,330,994,811,670
2013 $10,796,782,634 $1,362,186,923,158
2014 $11,888,032,862 $1,380,244,561,362
2015 $11,340,795,033 $1,206,164,777,553
2016 $12,025,782,885 $1,243,015,667,917
2017 $14,161,366,733 $1,321,754,088,819
2018 $16,153,779,511 $1,431,642,809,327
2019 $16,337,793,531 $1,403,496,387,686
2020 $16,409,900,599 $1,289,783,836,971
2021 $19,723,563,355 $1,461,244,901,853
2022 $19,239,187,084 $1,446,498,147,749
2023 $22,210,718,401 $1,620,090,734,957
2024 $24,322,006,608 $1,722,745,978,335

Malta and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

Spain
Year GDP per capita
Malta Spain
1960 - $408
1961 - $463
1962 - $535
1963 - $627
1964 - $695
1965 - $797
1966 - $916
1967 - $997
1968 - $978
1969 - $1,109
1970 $828 $1,211
1971 $874 $1,361
1972 $976 $1,708
1973 $1,144 $2,246
1974 $1,245 $2,748
1975 $1,560 $3,208
1976 $1,727 $3,277
1977 $2,038 $3,625
1978 $2,559 $4,353
1979 $3,196 $5,766
1980 $3,948 $6,204
1981 $3,898 $5,367
1982 $3,788 $5,156
1983 $3,527 $4,475
1984 $3,333 $4,487
1985 $3,322 $4,696
1986 $4,195 $6,509
1987 $5,084 $8,234
1988 $5,814 $9,696
1989 $6,041 $10,674
1990 $7,192 $13,795
1991 $7,559 $14,801
1992 $8,220 $16,101
1993 $7,296 $13,330
1994 $8,000 $13,406
1995 $9,828 $15,461
1996 $10,062 $16,101
1997 $9,893 $14,722
1998 $10,408 $15,382
1999 $10,609 $15,708
2000 $10,348 $14,743
2001 $10,358 $15,368
2002 $11,251 $17,111
2003 $13,594 $21,522
2004 $15,212 $24,925
2005 $15,831 $26,451
2006 $16,654 $28,422
2007 $19,444 $32,652
2008 $22,315 $35,603
2009 $21,176 $32,280
2010 $21,947 $30,659
2011 $23,517 $31,825
2012 $22,878 $28,456
2013 $25,416 $29,229
2014 $27,425 $29,708
2015 $25,530 $25,982
2016 $26,459 $26,756
2017 $30,317 $28,381
2018 $33,382 $30,602
2019 $32,422 $29,787
2020 $31,834 $27,234
2021 $38,065 $30,799
2022 $36,224 $30,270
2023 $40,182 $33,509
2024 $42,347 $35,297

Malta vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

Spain
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta Spain
1950 63.5 61.8
1951 63.9 61.5
1952 64.1 64.8
1953 64.3 65.7
1954 65.1 66.9
1955 66.3 66.7
1956 66.8 66.8
1957 67.5 66.6
1958 67.8 68.8
1959 68.4 68.7
1960 68.4 69.2
1961 68.4 69.6
1962 69.2 69.6
1963 69.2 69.8
1964 69.3 70.5
1965 69.5 70.9
1966 69.7 71.2
1967 69.8 71.3
1968 69.9 71.7
1969 70.1 71.1
1970 70.4 72.1
1971 70.1 71.7
1972 70.7 73
1973 71.3 72.7
1974 71.9 73.1
1975 72.1 73.5
1976 72.2 73.8
1977 72.3 74.3
1978 72.3 74.5
1979 72.5 75
1980 72.3 75.5
1981 72.4 75.7
1982 72.8 76.3
1983 73.1 76.1
1984 73.3 76.5
1985 73.9 76.4
1986 74.5 76.7
1987 75.3 77
1988 75.9 76.9
1989 76.2 77
1990 76.2 77
1991 76.5 77.1
1992 76.7 77.6
1993 76.8 77.7
1994 76.9 78.1
1995 77 78.2
1996 76.3 78.3
1997 77.3 78.9
1998 77.8 78.9
1999 77.8 78.9
2000 77.9 79.4
2001 78.9 79.7
2002 78.5 79.8
2003 78.7 79.7
2004 79.2 80.3
2005 79.5 80.3
2006 79.6 81
2007 79.7 81
2008 79.7 81.3
2009 80.4 81.6
2010 81.4 82
2011 80.8 82.2
2012 81.1 82.2
2013 81.8 82.7
2014 82.3 82.8
2015 82.6 82.6
2016 82.7 83
2017 83.1 83
2018 82.9 83.1
2019 82.8 83.5
2020 82.3 82.2
2021 82.3 83
2022 82.2 82.4
2023 83.3 83.7
2024 83.5 83.8
2025 83.6 84

Malta and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

Spain
Year Population
Malta Spain
1960 326,550 30,455,000
1961 325,250 30,739,250
1962 323,900 31,023,366
1963 322,550 31,296,651
1964 321,250 31,609,195
1965 318,800 31,954,292
1966 315,200 32,283,194
1967 311,550 32,682,947
1968 307,900 33,113,134
1969 304,300 33,441,054
1970 302,650 33,814,531
1971 302,700 34,224,490
1972 302,450 34,604,469
1973 302,200 34,988,947
1974 301,996 35,373,335
1975 304,222 35,757,900
1976 305,774 36,137,812
1977 306,970 36,511,638
1978 310,182 36,864,898
1979 313,342 37,191,330
1980 316,645 37,491,165
1981 318,982 37,758,631
1982 325,898 37,986,012
1983 330,524 38,171,525
1984 330,593 38,330,364
1985 336,452 38,469,512
1986 342,121 38,584,624
1987 344,485 38,684,815
1988 347,325 38,766,939
1989 350,722 38,827,764
1990 354,170 38,867,322
1991 363,845 38,966,376
1992 367,618 39,157,685
1993 371,308 39,361,262
1994 374,797 39,549,108
1995 377,419 39,724,050
1996 379,905 39,889,852
1997 382,791 40,057,389
1998 385,287 40,223,509
1999 387,578 40,386,875
2000 390,087 40,567,864
2001 393,028 40,850,412
2002 395,969 41,431,558
2003 398,582 42,187,645
2004 401,268 42,921,895
2005 403,834 43,653,155
2006 405,308 44,397,319
2007 406,724 45,226,803
2008 409,379 45,954,106
2009 412,477 46,362,946
2010 414,508 46,576,897
2011 416,268 46,742,697
2012 420,028 46,773,055
2013 424,810 46,604,197
2014 433,481 46,460,733
2015 444,220 46,422,303
2016 454,505 46,458,139
2017 467,106 46,571,232
2018 483,903 46,782,011
2019 503,912 47,118,501
2020 515,490 47,359,424
2021 518,150 47,443,821
2022 531,113 47,786,102
2023 552,747 48,347,910
2024 574,346 48,807,137

Fertility rates in Malta and Spain

Fertility rate
Malta

Spain
Year Fertility rate
Malta Spain
1960 3.62 2.86
1961 3.27 2.77
1962 3.24 2.8
1963 2.9 2.88
1964 2.79 3.01
1965 2.52 2.94
1966 2.33 2.91
1967 2.24 2.94
1968 2.12 2.87
1969 2.02 2.86
1970 2.03 2.84
1971 2.06 2.9
1972 2.01 2.87
1973 1.65 2.84
1974 1.64 2.88
1975 2.27 2.77
1976 2.21 2.77
1977 2.14 2.65
1978 2.05 2.54
1979 2.1 2.37
1980 1.99 2.22
1981 1.87 2.04
1982 1.9 1.94
1983 1.92 1.8
1984 1.95 1.73
1985 1.95 1.64
1986 1.93 1.56
1987 1.97 1.49
1988 2.06 1.45
1989 2.1 1.4
1990 2.02 1.36
1991 1.99 1.33
1992 2.07 1.31
1993 1.96 1.26
1994 1.84 1.19
1995 1.77 1.16
1996 1.99 1.14
1997 1.93 1.15
1998 1.84 1.13
1999 1.73 1.17
2000 1.68 1.22
2001 1.48 1.23
2002 1.45 1.25
2003 1.48 1.3
2004 1.4 1.31
2005 1.38 1.33
2006 1.36 1.36
2007 1.35 1.38
2008 1.43 1.45
2009 1.42 1.38
2010 1.36 1.37
2011 1.45 1.34
2012 1.42 1.32
2013 1.36 1.27
2014 1.38 1.32
2015 1.37 1.33
2016 1.37 1.33
2017 1.26 1.31
2018 1.23 1.26
2019 1.14 1.23
2020 1.13 1.18
2021 1.13 1.18
2022 1.08 1.16
2023 1.06 1.12

Malta and Spain demographics compared

Median age
Malta

Spain
Year Median age, years
Malta Spain
1960 23.6 29.4
1961 23.8 29.6
1962 24 29.7
1963 24.2 29.9
1964 24.4 30.1
1965 24.5 30.2
1966 24.6 30.3
1967 24.8 30.4
1968 25 30.4
1969 25.5 30.2
1970 25.9 30.1
1971 26.3 30.1
1972 26.8 30
1973 27.2 30
1974 27.6 30
1975 28 30
1976 28.4 30.1
1977 28.7 30.2
1978 29.2 30.4
1979 29.6 30.6
1980 30 30.7
1981 30.3 30.9
1982 30.6 31.1
1983 30.9 31.4
1984 31.2 31.6
1985 31.4 31.9
1986 31.7 32.2
1987 32 32.5
1988 32.4 32.9
1989 32.7 33.2
1990 33 33.6
1991 33.3 33.9
1992 33.7 34.2
1993 34 34.6
1994 34.3 34.9
1995 34.7 35.3
1996 35.1 35.7
1997 35.5 36.2
1998 35.8 36.6
1999 36.1 37
2000 36.4 37.4
2001 36.7 37.8
2002 37 38.1
2003 37.4 38.3
2004 37.7 38.5
2005 38.1 38.8
2006 38.4 39
2007 38.7 39.2
2008 39 39.4
2009 39.3 39.8
2010 39.6 40.2
2011 39.9 40.6
2012 40.2 41.1
2013 40.4 41.7
2014 40.6 42.2
2015 40.6 42.7
2016 40.6 43.1
2017 40.5 43.5
2018 40.2 43.8
2019 39.9 44.1
2020 39.9 44.5
2021 40.2 44.9
2022 40.8 45.4
2023 41.4 45.9
2024 41.8 46.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta Spain
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$1.63T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
45.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
4.59%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
1.51%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
199,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
-2.69%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
69.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
19.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
66.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
24.5%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
2.2%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
1,180,703
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.96%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
34
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
277
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
$754B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
$108B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
$6.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
36,410,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
19.8%
1998
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
98.4%
2024

Energy

Malta Spain
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
2,294 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
$23.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
217.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
4.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
68.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
19%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
25.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
77%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
5,118 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
47%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
10.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.9%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Malta Spain
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.6%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
+111,674
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
81.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.78 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
80.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
56
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
89
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
0.69
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
3.9
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
176
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
99.7%
2021
English speaking
88.3%
2023
22%
2023
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
95.8%
2024

Health

Malta Spain
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
$2,911
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
$558
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
84 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
4.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
31.5 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
3.1
2023
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
16.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
9.7%
2024
Air quality index
66
2025
76
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
28.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
9.16 liters
2020

Territory

Malta Spain
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.34%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
3,953 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
95,648 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
71,757 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
424,505 mi
2020

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