Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Malta instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Economy

be 20.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 3.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Malta, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

be 16.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Hong Kong, 19.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Malta, however, that number is 16.7% as of 2021.

make 11.2% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $64,400 as of 2023, while in Malta, the GDP per capita is $57,200 as of 2023.

pay a 2.3 times higher top tax rate

Hong Kong has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Malta, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 23.7% more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Malta, there are 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 77.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Malta, on the other hand, 4.5 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 47.5% more on education

Hong Kong spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Malta spends 5.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 73.2% less coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Malta, that number is 197 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong.

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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