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Malta and Cyprus

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Malta

Cyprus

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Malta 6.0% against Cyprus 2.4%, 3.6 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Malta
Cyprus

People

Median age1.0 years
40.0 years
41.0 years
Life expectancy at birth0.5 years
83.0 years
83.5 years
People71.2%
574.3k
983k
People per square kilometre17.19×
1,835 per km²
107 per km²
Women in the population3.8 points
46.9%
50.7%
Born abroad4.4 points
32.0%
27.6%
Born outside the EU6.2 points
24.6%
18.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person0.1%
€22,034
€22,066
Average net income5.6%
€24,808
€26,200
Take-home pay, average-wage worker12.1%
€25,273
€28,340
Gross pay, average-wage worker5.5%
€32,868
€34,692
Minimum wage9.5%
€994
€1,088
In work, age 20 to 642.3 points
83.6%
81.3%
Out of work1.3 points
3.1%
4.4%
Hours worked a week0.3 hours
39.5 hours
39.8 hours
At risk of poverty2.0 points
16.9%
14.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income3.6 points
6.0%
2.4%
GDP per person15.0%
€42,390
€36,850

Family and home

People at home4.2%
2.4
2.5
Households with children5.9 points
27.0%
32.9%
Children per woman36.6%
1.01
1.38
Own their home1.7 points
70.9%
69.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds18.5%
391 per 100,000 people
330 per 100,000 people
Doctors19.8%
463 per 100,000 people
554 per 100,000 people
Nurses47.2%
851 per 100,000 people
578 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree14.4 points
37.7%
52.1%
Students per 1,000 people51.6%
39.5 per 1,000 people
59.9 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them11.3%
€15,335
€13,774
Tax raised per person12.6%
€12,015
€13,523
Government debt8.6 points
46.4%
55.0%

Country and infrastructure

Land area29.28×
316 km²
9,253 km²
Motorway density
0.0 per 1,000 km²
29.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people17.3%
571 per 1,000 people
670 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.3 points
97.8%
97.5%
Tourist nights per resident8.4%
20.09
18.53

Environment

Renewable energy2.7 points
18.8%
21.5%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Malta

Cyprus

Function
Malta
Cyprus
13.3%
13.8%
1.4%
4.7%
3.9%
4.4%
20.3%
7.5%
3.3%
1.5%
1.7%
5.4%
13.4%
16.0%
3.9%
1.4%
12.6%
13.2%
26.1%
32.3%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Malta and Cyprus

  1. Which covers more ground: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 29.28×: Cyprus 9,253, Malta 316. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  2. Which is more crowded: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 17.19×: Malta 1,835, Cyprus 107. People per square kilometre of that total area. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 3.3 points: Cyprus 4.7%, Malta 1.4%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which spends a larger share on recreation and culture: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 2.5 points: Malta 3.9%, Cyprus 1.4%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 3.6 points: Malta 6.0%, Cyprus 2.4%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. ilc_lvho07a · 2025. See the figure

  6. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 1.9 points: Malta 3.3%, Cyprus 1.5%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 51.6%: Cyprus 59.9, Malta 39.5. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where are more children born per woman: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 36.6%: Cyprus 1.38, Malta 1.01. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 19.8%: Cyprus 554, Malta 463. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where does more energy come from renewables: Malta or Cyprus?

    The gap is 2.7 points: Cyprus 21.5%, Malta 18.8%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.