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Malta and Italy

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Malta

Italy

The widest gap is With a degree: Malta 37.7% against Italy 22.3%, 15.4 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Malta
Italy

People

Median age9.1 years
40.0 years
49.1 years
Life expectancy at birth0.7 years
83.0 years
83.7 years
People102.64×
574.3k
58.9m
People per square kilometre9.27×
1,835 per km²
198 per km²
Women in the population4.1 points
46.9%
51.0%
Born abroad20.2 points
32.0%
11.8%
Born outside the EU15.5 points
24.6%
9.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person0.1%
€22,034
€22,062
Average net income0.8%
€24,808
€25,011
Take-home pay, average-wage worker10.0%
€25,273
€27,788
Gross pay, average-wage worker21.9%
€32,868
€40,056
In work, age 20 to 6416.0 points
83.6%
67.6%
Out of work3.0 points
3.1%
6.1%
Hours worked a week2.2 hours
39.5 hours
37.3 hours
At risk of poverty1.7 points
16.9%
18.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.0 points
6.0%
5.0%
GDP per person10.6%
€42,390
€38,310

Family and home

People at home9.1%
2.4
2.2
Households with children1.1 points
27.0%
28.1%
Children per woman16.8%
1.01
1.18
Own their home6.2 points
70.9%
77.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds25.3%
391 per 100,000 people
312 per 100,000 people
Doctors24.4%
463 per 100,000 people
575 per 100,000 people
Nurses29.9%
851 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree15.4 points
37.7%
22.3%
Students per 1,000 people0.8%
39.5 per 1,000 people
39.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them22.6%
€15,335
€18,808
Tax raised per person37.8%
€12,015
€16,554
Government debt90.7 points
46.4%
137.1%

Country and infrastructure

Land area955.93×
316 km²
302,073 km²
Motorway density
0.0 per 1,000 km²
25.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people24.2%
571 per 1,000 people
709 per 1,000 people
Households with internet3.7 points
97.8%
94.1%
Tourist nights per resident2.21×
20.09
9.08

Environment

Renewable energy1.7 points
18.8%
20.5%
Land under forest30.1 points
1.5%
31.6%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Malta

Italy

Function
Malta
Italy
13.3%
15.4%
1.4%
2.6%
3.9%
3.5%
20.3%
10.1%
3.3%
1.8%
1.7%
1.5%
13.4%
13.2%
3.9%
1.7%
12.6%
8.0%
26.1%
42.2%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Malta and Italy

  1. Which covers more ground: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 955.93×: Italy 302,073, Malta 316. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 102.64×: Italy 58.9m, Malta 574.3k. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which has more forest: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 30.1 points: Italy 31.6%, Malta 1.5%. Share of the land area under forest. Eurostat · Land under forest · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which is more crowded: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 9.27×: Malta 1,835, Italy 198. People per square kilometre of that total area. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  5. Which government owes more: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 90.7 points: Italy 137.1%, Malta 46.4%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. Eurostat · Government debt · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where were more residents born abroad: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 20.2 points: Malta 32.0%, Italy 11.8%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where is unemployment higher: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 3.0 points: Italy 6.1%, Malta 3.1%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where do more adults hold a degree: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 15.4 points: Malta 37.7%, Italy 22.3%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 25.3%: Malta 391, Italy 312. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where are more children born per woman: Malta or Italy?

    The gap is 16.8%: Italy 1.18, Malta 1.01. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. Eurostat · Children per woman & Age at first child · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.