Social Development in Malta 157 indicators covering social development for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 16 2025 up 220.0% 184th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 145.2% 158th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 30.7% 161st Political Rights Score 35 2025 down 10.3% 48th Freedom Score 88 2025 down 8.3% 48th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 1,390 2025 up 142.2% 95th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0024 units per person 2025 up 85.6% 27th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 1.1% 69th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 60 % change on previous year 2025 down 40.0% 7th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -5.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 102.4% 102nd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.889 2025 down 0.8% 22nd Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.941 2025 down 1.7% 36th Political Corruption Index 0.186 2025 down 13.1% 134th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.186 2025 down 13.1% 134th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.39 2024 down 24.0% 70th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0187 units per square kilometre 2023 — 112th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 2.55 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% 5th LGBT+ Rights Index 13 2019 up 219.3% 1st Forcibly displaced people 9,696 2025 up 26.9% 124th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 79 years 2025 up 14.5% 16th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 46 2024 down 16.4% 65th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.65 2024 down 22.2% 69th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.63 2024 down 18.5% 46th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.984 2024 down 13.9% 55th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.9629 2024 down 45.5% 202nd Self-reported life satisfaction 6.44 2025 down 0.8% 42nd Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.44 2025 down 0.8% 42nd Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 31.5% 2024 down 5.8% 127th Homicide rate 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 65.5% 160th Homicides 3 homicides 2023 down 57.1% 161st Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 65.5% 160th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 65.5% 159th Age of electoral democracy 63 years 2025 up 18.9% 24th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.43 2020 down 2.3% 35th Homicides 5 deaths 2022 down 16.7% 105th Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 — 95th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.7305 2020 up 83.4% 30th Homicide rate 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 34.2% 69th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 34.2% 69th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 4.55 deaths 2021 up 22.3% 180th Homicide rate 0.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.3% 169th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.862 2021 down 1.4% 162nd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 101,000 2030 down 6.5% 143rd States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.78 2030 up 32.2% 42nd Age of full democracy 67 years 2025 up 17.5% 19th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 23.2% 2030 down 9.7% 50th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →