Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 58.9% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $139,100 as of 2009, while in Malta, the GDP per capita is $57,200 as of 2023.

be 30.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Liechtenstein, 2.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Malta, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

pay a 45.8% higher top tax rate

Liechtenstein has a top tax rate of 24.0% as of 2016. In Malta, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 11.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 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 2.3 times more on education

Liechtenstein spends 2.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2011. Malta spends 5.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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

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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