Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Malta instead of Canada, you would:

Economy

be 41.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Canada, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Malta, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

be 77.7% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Canada, 9.4% live below the poverty line as of 2008. In Malta, however, that number is 16.7% as of 2021.

Life

be 72.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Canada, approximately 11.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Malta, 3.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 16.3% less on healthcare

Canada spends 12.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Malta, that number is 10.8% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 13.5% more on education

Canada spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Malta spends 5.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.9% less coastline

Canada has a total of 202,080 km of coastline. In Malta, that number is 197 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Malta: At a glance

Malta is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 316 sq km. Great Britain formally acquired possession of Malta in 1814. The island staunchly supported the UK through both world wars and remained in the Commonwealth when it became independent in 1964; a decade later it declared itself a republic. Since about the mid-1980s, the island has transformed itself into a freight transshipment point, a financial center, and a tourist destination. Malta became an EU member in May 2004 and began using the euro as currency in 2008.
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