Malta
Republic of Malta
- Capital
- Valletta
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 580,000
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 316 kmΒ²
Across Malta's 47 priced cities, one person needs about $2,032 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,808.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
63out of 100
- Purchasing power25%58
- Safety20%57
- Health care15%53
- Climate10%98
- Air quality10%89
- Connectivity10%78
- Cost10%25
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #51
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
53.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
24.6
New York = 100
Purchasing power
103.7
New York = 100
One person
$2,032
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,808
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,191
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$47,907
2025
Growth
+4.0%
2025
Unemployment
2.9%
2025
Inflation
2.4%
2025
Life expectancy
83.0 years
2024
Internet users
94%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Property tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 57.0
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 43.0
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.6
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #34 worldwide
- 209
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- β
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +14%
Cities in Malta
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Valletta | 59 | 59.5 | $1,449 | $2,079 | 101.4 | 6.8K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 2Msida | 57 | 48.4 | $1,076 | $2,825 | 179.1 | 13.7K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 3Fgura | 55 | 57.9 | $812 | $2,204 | 149.8 | 12.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 4Ta'xbiex | 55 | 59.0 | β | $3,016 | 172.6 | β | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 5Zurrieq | 54 | 60.5 | β | $2,755 | 156.0 | 11K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 6Marsascala | 54 | 53.0 | $1,033 | $2,181 | 136.3 | 10K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 7Bugibba | 53 | 51.8 | $1,134 | $2,187 | 130.8 | β | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 8Birgu | 53 | 54.1 | $1,025 | $1,972 | 122.7 | β | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 9San Pawl Il-bahar | 52 | 53.1 | $1,004 | $1,722 | 109.3 | 32K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 10Luqa | 52 | 55.9 | $823 | $1,472 | 101.3 | 6.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 11Naxxar | 51 | 51.9 | $1,091 | $1,722 | 105.3 | 14.9K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 12Xaghra | 51 | 53.1 | $580 | β | β | β | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 13Siggiewi | 51 | 49.9 | $1,148 | $1,722 | 103.7 | 8.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 14Birkirkara | 51 | 56.0 | $1,191 | $1,929 | 108.5 | 24.4K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 15Sliema | 51 | 63.8 | $1,805 | $1,877 | 77.6 | 22.6K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 16Birzebbuga | 51 | 53.0 | $1,198 | $1,833 | 105.1 | 12.9K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 17Gudja | 50 | 54.7 | $918 | $1,378 | 90.5 | β | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 18Mosta | 50 | 53.4 | $1,263 | $1,843 | 102.0 | 23.5K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 19Hamrun | 50 | 47.9 | $861 | β | β | 9.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 20Qormi | 50 | 52.3 | $1,148 | $1,614 | 95.4 | 16.8K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 21St. Julians (San Δ iljan) | 50 | 58.6 | $1,339 | $2,061 | 106.2 | 13.8K | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 22San Gwann | 50 | 57.1 | $1,217 | $1,808 | 99.6 | 14.7K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 23Gzira | 49 | 60.7 | $1,442 | $2,217 | 107.6 | 11.7K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 24Mellieha | 49 | 52.1 | $1,033 | $1,378 | 86.7 | 11.4K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 25Gozo | 49 | 57.7 | $933 | $1,332 | 84.6 | β | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 26Nadur | 49 | 60.1 | β | $1,607 | 91.3 | β | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 27Rabat | 49 | 51.1 | β | $1,392 | 84.7 | 11.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 28Mdina | 49 | 59.8 | β | $1,547 | 88.0 | β | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 29Mgarr | 49 | 61.5 | $870 | β | β | β | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 30Balzan | 48 | 52.9 | $870 | $1,044 | 71.7 | β | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 31Dingli | 48 | 59.8 | β | $1,450 | 82.5 | β | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 32Zebbug | 48 | 56.5 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 33Paola | 47 | 59.8 | β | β | β | 8.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 34Marsa | 47 | 59.1 | $2,525 | $3,256 | 109.1 | 5.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 35Xghajra | 47 | 59.8 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 36Qrendi | 47 | 59.8 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 37Marsaxlokk | 47 | 59.8 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Floriana | 47 | 60.4 | $1,102 | β | β | β | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 39Tarxien | 47 | 61.5 | β | β | β | 8.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 40Gharb | 47 | 61.5 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 41Lija | 47 | 61.5 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 42Munxar | 47 | 61.5 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 43Xewkija | 47 | 61.5 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 44Swieqi | 47 | 53.2 | $1,301 | $1,435 | 78.1 | 14.5K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 45Zejtun | 46 | 61.0 | $1,160 | $1,257 | 69.2 | 11.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Zabbar | 43 | 49.2 | $1,740 | $1,160 | 53.5 | 15.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 47Attard | 42 | 55.2 | $1,875 | $1,263 | 53.4 | 11.4K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |