Bahamas vs Malta

Bahamas and Malta compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Malta has about 1.4 times as many people as Bahamas: 579,704 against 403,033 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Malta ($47,907 in 2025) is 21% higher than in Bahamas ($39,455 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Malta (4% in 2025) than in Bahamas (3.4% in 2024), a difference of 0.6 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Malta (2.4%) than in Bahamas (1.1%), a difference of 1.3 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Bahamas (9.2%) than in Malta (2.9%), a difference of 6.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Malta can expect to live 8.3 years longer than one born in Bahamas: 83 years against 74.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Malta is older: half of its people are over 40.3 years, against 34.6 years in Bahamas in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Malta (93.9%) than in Bahamas (92.5%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Bahamas (3.6 tonnes) are 13% higher than in Malta (3.2 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bahamas (50.9%) than in Malta (1.5%), a difference of 49.4 percentage points in 2024.