Malta's life expectancy rose from 77.3 yrs in 1995 to 83.0 yrs in 2024.
Malta · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Malta's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 68.0 yrs in 2000 to 70.7 yrs in 2021.
Malta's infant mortality fell from 8.3 ‰ in 1995 to 4.7 ‰ in 2024.
Malta's under-5 mortality rate fell from 9.4 ‰ in 1995 to 5.3 ‰ in 2024.
Malta's maternal mortality ratio fell from 16.0 /100k in 1994 to 8.0 /100k in 2023.
Malta's ncd mortality fell from 15.7 % in 2000 to 9.8 % in 2021.
Malta's suicide mortality rate fell from 6.8 /100k in 2000 to 6.5 /100k in 2021.
Malta's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 4.6 /100k in 2000 to 4.1 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.2 pts47th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +7.8 %25th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.9 pts111th of 192
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- Physiciansup +5.1 %14th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −1.2 %11th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −0.2 %35th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −7.0 pts112th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts29th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts58th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +15.4 %71st of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.0 pts16th of 148
- Safe sanitationunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 141