Bahrain vs Malta

Bahrain 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.

• Bahrain has about 2.8 times as many people as Malta: 1.6 million against 579,704 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Malta ($47,907) is 57% higher than in Bahrain ($30,597) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Malta (4%) than in Bahrain (3.5%), a difference of 0.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Malta (2.4%) than in Bahrain (-0.1%), a difference of 2.5 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Malta (2.9%) than in Bahrain (1.1%), a difference of 1.8 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Malta can expect to live 1.6 years longer than one born in Bahrain: 83 years against 81.4 years in 2024.
• The population of Malta is older: half of its people are over 40.3 years, against 32.9 years in Bahrain in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Bahrain (100%) than in Malta (93.9%), a difference of 6.1 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Bahrain (23.9 tonnes) are about 7.5 times as high as in Malta (3.2 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bahrain (4.9%) than in Malta (1.5%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2024.