Malta
- Official Name:
- Republic of Malta (Malta)
- Area:
- 316 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 401.880 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 196.8 km
- Capital:
- Valletta
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Marsaxlokk, Valletta
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive fishing zone: 25 nm
- Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
- Political divisions:
- none (administered directly from Valletta); note - local councils carry out administrative orders
- Language(s):
- Maltese (official), English (official)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 21 September (1964)
- Nationality:
- Maltese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- Australia Group, C, CE, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NSG, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .mt
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Maltese lira (MTL) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD21.000 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD5.447.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2,4% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2003 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 3%
- Industry: 23%
- Services: 74%
- Labor force:
- 164.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2005):
-
- Agriculture 3%
- Industry: 22%
- Services 75%
- Unemployment rate:
- 6,8% (2005 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 2,6% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 25,1% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD2.503.000.000
- Expenditures: USD2.703.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -966.200.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 2.425.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
- Exports - Partners:
- France 15,4%, US 14,4%, Singapore 12,3%, UK 11,3%, Germany 11,2%, Italy 5,1%, Libya 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 4.077.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco
- Imports - partners:
- Italy 32,3%, UK 11,5%, France 9,6%, Germany 8%, US 5,5%, Singapore 4,1% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 3.065.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 188.800.000 (2005)
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