Quality of life comparison
If you lived in France instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 25.3% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In France, that number is 21.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In France, that number is 7.3% as of 2023.
pay a 43.4% higher top tax rate
Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In France, the top tax rate is 50.2% as of 2016.
Life
be 30.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Malta, approximately 4.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In France, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.
have 16.0% more children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In France, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In France, 8.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 13.0% more on healthcare
Malta spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In France, that number is 12.2% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 24.7 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In France, that number is 4,853 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direction Générale des Finances Publiques, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue.
France: At a glance
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