Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Thailand instead of Malta, you would:
Health
be 65.4% less likely to be obese
In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Thailand, that number is 10.0% of people as of 2016.
live 5.5 years less
In Malta, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Thailand, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 70.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Thailand, that number is 0.9% as of 2023.
be 62.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 16.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Thailand, however, that number is 6.3% as of 2021.
make 63.1% less money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $57,200 as of 2023, while in Thailand, the GDP per capita is $21,100 as of 2023.
Life
be 9.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Thailand, 29.0 women do as of 2020.
be 42.8% more 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 Thailand, on the other hand, 6.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 45.8% less on education
Malta spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Thailand spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 59.3% less on healthcare
Malta spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Thailand, that number is 4.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 16.4 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Thailand, that number is 3,219 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Thailand: At a glance
How big is Thailand compared to Malta? See an in-depth size comparison.