Malta
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 502,653 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.01% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 14,786 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.02% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 45,651 |
Performance Overview
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MLT
Country
Malta
Score
66.73
Rank
26
Technology
61.60
People
60.91
Governance
73.38
Impact
71.03
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 61.50 | 66 |
| 2. Handset prices | 58.24 | 40 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 84.34 | 33 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 99.73 | 2 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 80.19 | 9 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 45.79 | 20 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 64.81 | 44 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 87.62 | 15 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 61.51 | 37 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 53.67 | 38 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 50.44 | 23 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 29.12 | 33 |
| 5. Robot density | 11.58 | 34 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 41.44 | 44 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 55.79 | 10 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 10.33 | 27 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 57.58 | 26 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 62.52 | 33 |
| 1. Happiness | 79.41 | 22 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 93.32 | 14 |
| 3. Income inequality | 87.11 | 17 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 86.60 | 18 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 88.52 | 18 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 55.06 | 38 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 73.42 | 73 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 99.57 | 2 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 88.13 | 23 |
| 1. Internet users | 81.18 | 34 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 43.31 | 23 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 91.75 | 4 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 39.36 | 56 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 92.96 | 52 |
| 6. ICT skills | 67.18 | 40 |
| 1. Firms with website | 85.68 | 13 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 63.51 | 83 |
| 3. Professionals | 45.92 | 27 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 63.49 | 20 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 71.44 | 45 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 8.61 | 46 |
| 1. Government online services | 80.61 | 40 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | n/a | n/a |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 73.44 | 14 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 16.93 | 78 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 74.16 | 39 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 51.03 | 82 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 51.17 | 31 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 59.74 | 25 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 80.86 | 21 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 97.30 | 5 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 67.02 | 21 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 82.71 | 38 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 83.08 | 34 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 66.43 | 53 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 66.93 | 20 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 74.97 | 34 |