Malta – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

MLT

Country

Malta

Score

66.94

Rank

26

Technology

63.86

People

58.98

Governance

73.58

Impact

71.32

1. Mobile tariffs	61.5	66
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	58.24	40
3. Households with internet acccess	83.34	33
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	100	1
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	99.73	2
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	80.19	8
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	86.35	15
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	14.03	9

1. Availability of latest technologies	77.65	24
2. Company investment in emerging technology	49.75	38
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	54.64	26
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	31.15	28
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	36.36	21
6. Robot density	11.58	34

1. Medium and high-tech industry	41.44	44
2. High-tech exports	61.04	7
3. PCT patent applications	9.8	27
4. Labour productivity per employee	52.44	27

1. Happiness	80.24	19
2. Freedom to make life choices	92.34	13
3. Income inequality	88.42	18
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	85.35	18

1. Access to basic services	99.97	9
2. Pollution	90.7	35
3. Road safety	89.38	22
4. Reading proficiency in schools	73.49	33
5. Maths proficiency in schools	63.69	30
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	79.69	34
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	42.84	23
3. Use of virtual social networks	88.57	4
5. Tertiary enrolment	35.19	60
5. Adult literacy rate	91.52	51
6. ICT skills	63.34	19

1. Firms with website	83.99	12
2. Internet shopping	59.74	25
3. Professionals	46.85	30
4. Technicians and associate professionals	65.94	20
5. Extent of staff training	51.36	41
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	8.7	44

1. Government online services	82.31	36
2. Publication and use of open data	n/a	n/a
3.ICT use and government efficiency	71.88	20
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	17.8	74

1. Rule of law	77.37	27
2. Software piracy rate	62.16	32
3. Secure Internet servers	81.72	31
4. Cybersecurity	50.44	80
5. Online trust and safety	n/a	n/a

1. Regulatory quality	80.86	21
2. Ease of doing business	63.51	81
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	60.4	31
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	71.61	24
6. ICT regulatory environment	97.3	5

1. E-Participation	82.8	39
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	83.08	34
3. Availability of local online content	61.31	47
4. Gender gap in internet use	67.14	19
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	74.97	33