Social Development in Malta 157 indicators covering social development for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 101,000 2030 down 6.5% 144th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 13.4% 2020 down 20.5% 154th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 22.7% 2020 down 11.3% 172nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 48.2% 2020 up 2.2% 52nd Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 77.3% 2020 up 3.9% 15th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 9.4% 2020 up 6.0% 137th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 40.7% 2020 up 6.3% 13th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 19.99 2020 down 0.7% 112th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 9.21 2020 down 0.7% 112th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 15.45 2020 up 3.0% 62nd Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 21.1% 2030 down 13.2% 50th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 23.2% 2030 down 9.7% 44th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 5.7 2024 down 4.5% 153rd Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 23.4 2024 down 6.4% 54th Homicides, by sex of the victim 2 homicides 2023 — 113th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 0.3616 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 89.0% 129th Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 2.9 2025 down 46.3% 62nd Press Freedom Index 30.46 2021 up 30.7% 100th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 41.6% 2024 up 83.3% 43rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 2.94 2016 up 36.7% 59th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 1 2024 unchanged 112th HICP - Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (Neither) 97.42 2026 up 17.3% 24th HICP - Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and 61.41 2026 up 1.6% 13th HICP - Water (ND) (Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted) 6.85 2026 up 22.3% 2nd HICP - HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 0.9 2025 up 145.0% 22nd HICP - All-items excluding housing, water, elect., gas and other fuels 2.6 2025 up 85.7% 18th HICP - Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices 6 2025 up 2,900.0% 10th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 0 2014 down 100.0% 131st Annual budget for tobacco control in currency reported 32,347 2022 unchanged 97th Homicide rate from firearms 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 100.0% 75th Homicides by firearm 0 homicides 2023 down 100.0% 75th Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 — 47th Total number of indoor cinemas 8 2017 up 14.3% 69th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 199.24 2016 up 1,301.1% 38th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 14.58 2014 up 21.9% 50th ← Previous Page 3 of 3