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Albania vs Malta

119 shared metrics.

AlbaniaLeads in 53

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MaltaLeads in 66

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Albania

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Albania.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name may be derived from the pre-Celtic word alb, meaning "hill," or from the Indo-European root word albh, meaning "white.

CIA 2026

Malta

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Malta.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Malta is tiny, but its country map is an archipelago of Malta, Gozo, Comino, and smaller islets.

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Analysis

Malta leads in 66 of 119 shared metrics, while Albania leads in 53.

Albania's Forest Area is 1714.0x that of Malta (7.9K km² vs 4.6 km²).

Albania's Land Area is 84.6x that of Malta (27.4K km² vs 320 km²).

Albania's Irrigated Land is 47.9x that of Malta (1.9K km² vs 39 km²).

Albania's Water Withdrawal is 20.7x that of Malta (0.80 B m³ vs 0.04 B m³).

Albania's Forest Coverage (%) is 19.0x that of Malta (28.79% vs 1.4%).

Key Comparisons

Forest AreaAlbania leads

Albania

7.9K km²

Malta

4.6 km²

Land AreaAlbania leads

Albania

27.4K km²

Malta

320 km²

Irrigated LandAlbania leads

Albania

1.9K km²

Malta

39 km²

Water WithdrawalAlbania leads

Albania

0.80 B m³

Malta

0.04 B m³

Forest Coverage (%)Albania leads

Albania

28.79%

Malta

1.4%

Highest ElevationAlbania leads

Albania

2.8K m

Malta

253 m

All Metrics

Forest Area

Albania

7.9K km²

Malta

4.6 km²

171400% higher

Land Area

Albania

27.4K km²

Malta

320 km²

8463% higher

Irrigated Land

Albania

1.9K km²

Malta

39 km²

4790% higher

Water Withdrawal

Albania

0.80 B m³

Malta

0.04 B m³

2072% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Albania

28.79%

Malta

1.4%

1903% higher

Highest Elevation

Albania

2.8K m

Malta

253 m

992% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Albania

16.69% of firms

Malta

2.7% of firms

520% higher

Road Traffic Death Rate

Albania

10.8 per 100k

Malta

1.9 per 100k

468% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Albania

15.12% of firms

Malta

3.0% of firms

409% higher

Population

Albania

2.55M

Malta

521.8K

389% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Albania

41.9%

Malta

8.6%

387% higher

Domestic Patents

Albania

Malta

5.0

360% higher

Military Spending

Albania

2.0% of GDP

Malta

0.45% of GDP

352% higher

Electricity Generation

Albania

9.0 TWh

Malta

2.2 TWh

308% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Albania

8.0K

Malta

2.0K

300% higher

Unemployment Rate

Albania

10.25%

Malta

2.7%

279% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Albania

2.66M

Malta

718.0K

270% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Albania

2.86M kW

Malta

829.0K kW

245% higher

Political Corruption Index

Albania

0.62

Malta

0.19

235% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Albania

25.57% of youth labor force

Malta

8.4% of youth labor force

203% higher

Comparison of Albania and Malta across 119 metrics
				Winner
Forest Area	7.9K km²	4.6 km²	171400% higher	Albania
Land Area	27.4K km²	320 km²	8463% higher	Albania
Irrigated Land	1.9K km²	39 km²	4790% higher	Albania
Water Withdrawal	0.80 B m³	0.04 B m³	2072% higher	Albania
Forest Coverage (%)	28.79%	1.4%	1903% higher	Albania
Highest Elevation	2.8K m	253 m	992% higher	Albania
Firms Making Informal Payments	16.69% of firms	2.7% of firms	520% higher	Albania
Road Traffic Death Rate	10.8 per 100k	1.9 per 100k	468% higher	Albania
Firms Asked for Bribes	15.12% of firms	3.0% of firms	409% higher	Albania
Population	2.55M	521.8K	389% higher	Albania
Renewable Energy (%)	41.9%	8.6%	387% higher	Albania
Domestic Patents	23	5.0	360% higher	Albania
Military Spending	2.0% of GDP	0.45% of GDP	352% higher	Albania
Electricity Generation	9.0 TWh	2.2 TWh	308% higher	Albania
Armed Forces Personnel	8.0K	2.0K	300% higher	Albania
Unemployment Rate	10.25%	2.7%	279% higher	Albania
Tourist Arrivals	2.66M	718.0K	270% higher	Albania
Electric Generating Capacity	2.86M kW	829.0K kW	245% higher	Albania
Political Corruption Index	0.62	0.19	235% higher	Albania
Youth Unemployment Rate	25.57% of youth labor force	8.4% of youth labor force	203% higher	Albania
Airports	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Albania
Homicide Rate	1.4 per 100k	0.56 per 100k	146% higher	Albania
Total CO2 Emissions	4.2 Mt CO2e	1.8 Mt CO2e	135% higher	Albania
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.5%	45.18%	97% lower	Malta
Merchant Fleet Size	69	2.0K	96% lower	Malta
Water Stress (%)	3.0%	72.6%	96% lower	Malta
Capital Elevation	110 m	56 m	96% higher	Albania
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	6.3% of GDP	170.54% of GDP	96% lower	Malta
Population Density	88.11 /km²	1.7K /km²	95% lower	Malta
Electricity Carbon Intensity	25.18 gCO2/kWh	484.02 gCO2/kWh	95% lower	Malta
Health Spending Per Capita	$414.35	$3,352.77	88% lower	Malta
Milk Consumption per Person	351.72 kg/person/yr	190.06 kg/person/yr	85% higher	Albania
Air Passengers	374.8K	2.39M	84% lower	Malta
Coastline Length	362 km	196.8 km	84% higher	Albania
Credit Card Ownership	7.4% of adults	42.48% of adults	83% lower	Malta
Foreign Patents	1.0	5.0	80% lower	Malta
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.11% of firms	10.59% of firms	80% higher	Albania
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.9 per 1k	7.9 per 1k	76% lower	Malta
Solar Electricity Share	4.1%	15.53%	74% lower	Malta
GNI Per Capita	$9,910	$36,730	73% lower	Malta
Infant Mortality	8.3 per 1k births	4.8 per 1k births	73% higher	Albania
Vehicles per 1,000 People	209.37 per 1k people	789.75 per 1k people	73% lower	Malta
Child Mortality	9.4 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	71% higher	Albania
Exports (% GDP)	36.28% of GDP	118.49% of GDP	69% lower	Malta
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.9 per 100k people	8.2 per 100k people	65% lower	Malta
Government Debt (% GDP)	81.9% of GDP	50.7% of GDP	62% higher	Albania
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $28,220.8	int. $72,210.34	61% lower	Malta
Digital Payments Used	35.31% of adults	90.73% of adults	61% lower	Malta
Scientific Publications	238.59	593.57	60% lower	Malta
Imports (% GDP)	43.17% of GDP	99.68% of GDP	57% lower	Malta
Suicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	6.5 per 100k	57% lower	Malta
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.7 kg/person/yr	19.57 kg/person/yr	56% lower	Malta
Broadband Access (%)	22 per 100 people	44 per 100 people	50% lower	Malta
CO2 Per Capita	1.6 t/person/yr	3.2 t/person/yr	50% lower	Malta
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Malta
Beer Consumption	1.5 L/person/yr	2.9 L/person/yr	48% lower	Malta
Agricultural Land (%)	38.12%	25.91%	47% higher	Albania
Women in Senior Management	33.41% of managers	22.7% of managers	47% higher	Albania
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.62% of adults	43.4% of adults	46% lower	Malta
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kWh/person	5.0K kWh/person	43% lower	Malta
Meat Consumption per Person	47.51 kg/person/yr	82.06 kg/person/yr	42% lower	Malta
GDP Growth Rate	4.0%	6.8%	41% lower	Malta
Firms Hit by Power Outages	33.16% of firms	55.05% of firms	40% lower	Malta
Urban Population (%)	58.55%	95.65%	39% lower	Malta
Liberal Democracy Index	0.38	0.62	38% lower	Malta
Hypertension Prevalence	41.7% of adults	30.2% of adults	38% higher	Albania
Electoral Democracy Index	0.48	0.78	38% lower	Malta
Spirits Consumption	1.2 L/person/yr	1.9 L/person/yr	37% lower	Malta
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	89 per 100 people	142 per 100 people	37% lower	Malta
Alcohol Consumption	4.5 L/adult/yr	7.1 L/adult/yr	37% lower	Malta
Energy Use (Per Capita)	888.46 kg oil eq/person	1.4K kg oil eq/person	36% lower	Malta
Health Spending (% GDP)	6.2% of GDP	9.5% of GDP	35% lower	Malta
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.9 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	34% lower	Malta
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	15.71 µg/m³	11.72 µg/m³	34% higher	Albania
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	34% lower	Malta
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	4.0 sites	3.0 sites	33% higher	Albania
Nurses & Midwives	5.8 per 1k	8.5 per 1k	31% lower	Malta
Inflation Rate	2.2%	1.7%	29% higher	Albania
Safe Drinking Water (%)	70.79%	99.83%	29% lower	Malta
Youth Population (%)	16.84%	13.03%	29% higher	Albania
Women in Parliament (%)	35.71%	27.85%	28% higher	Albania
Obesity Rate	26.58%	34.62%	23% lower	Malta
Teen Birth Rate	12.79 per 1k	10.4 per 1k	23% higher	Albania
Food Waste per Person	124.95 kg/person/yr	162 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Malta
Corruption Perceptions Index	39 pts	49 pts	20% lower	Malta
Freedom of Expression Index	0.67	0.83	19% lower	Malta
Protected Land (%)	23.6%	28.9%	18% lower	Malta
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.8% of GDP	21.48% of GDP	17% lower	Malta
Elderly Population (%)	16.92%	20.21%	16% lower	Malta
Inequality (Gini)	29.4	34.6	15% lower	Malta
Birth Rate	8.7 per 1k	7.7 per 1k	14% higher	Albania
Human Development Index	0.81	0.92	12% lower	Malta
Tobacco Use Prevalence	21.4% of adults	24.3% of adults	12% lower	Malta
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	6.4 pts	12% lower	Malta
Smoking Rate	21.9%	24.7%	11% lower	Malta
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.33 hrs/week	37.2 hrs/week	11% higher	Albania
Median Age	36.3 years	40.3 years	10% lower	Malta
Internet Users (%)	83%	92%	10% lower	Malta
Death Rate	7.9 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	9% lower	Malta
GDP (Nominal)	$27,046,429,296.67	$24,971,574,502.45	8% higher	Albania
Fertility Rate	1.1 children/woman	1.2 children/woman	8% lower	Malta
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.28% of adults	96.89% of adults	8% lower	Malta
Life Expectancy	79.6 years	83.5 years	5% lower	Malta
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	28 days/yr	27 days/yr	4% higher	Albania
Women's Political Empowerment	0.89	0.92	3% lower	Malta
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.11 per 100k	41.44 per 100k	3% lower	Malta
University Enrollment Rate	82%	80.53%	2% higher	Albania
Dependency Ratio	50.97% of working-age pop.	49.8% of working-age pop.	2% higher	Albania
Sanitation Access (%)	99.3%	100%	1% lower	Malta
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Albania
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Albania
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Albania
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Albania
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Albania
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Albania
Land Border Length	691 km	0 km	ranked higher	Albania
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2% of GDP	5.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Malta
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	17.25 per 1M people	ranked lower	Malta
Border Neighbors	3.0	0	ranked higher	Albania

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Analysis

Malta leads in 66 of 119 shared metrics, while Albania leads in 53.

Albania's Forest Area is 1714.0x that of Malta (7.9K km² vs 4.6 km²).

Albania's Land Area is 84.6x that of Malta (27.4K km² vs 320 km²).

Albania's Irrigated Land is 47.9x that of Malta (1.9K km² vs 39 km²).

Albania's Water Withdrawal is 20.7x that of Malta (0.80 B m³ vs 0.04 B m³).

Albania's Forest Coverage (%) is 19.0x that of Malta (28.79% vs 1.4%).

Key Comparisons

Forest AreaAlbania leads

Albania

7.9K km²

Malta

4.6 km²

Land AreaAlbania leads

Albania

27.4K km²

Malta

320 km²

Irrigated LandAlbania leads

Albania

1.9K km²

Malta

39 km²

Water WithdrawalAlbania leads

Albania

0.80 B m³

Malta

0.04 B m³

Forest Coverage (%)Albania leads

Albania

28.79%

Malta

1.4%

Highest ElevationAlbania leads

Albania

2.8K m

Malta

253 m

Forest Area

7.9K km²

4.6 km²

Land Area

27.4K km²

320 km²

Irrigated Land

1.9K km²

39 km²

Water Withdrawal

0.80 B m³

0.04 B m³

Forest Coverage (%)

28.79%

1.4%

Highest Elevation

2.8K m

253 m

Firms Making Informal Payments

16.69% of firms

2.7% of firms

Road Traffic Death Rate

10.8 per 100k

1.9 per 100k

Firms Asked for Bribes

15.12% of firms

3.0% of firms

Population

2.55M

521.8K

Renewable Energy (%)

41.9%

8.6%

Domestic Patents

5.0

Military Spending

2.0% of GDP

0.45% of GDP

Electricity Generation

9.0 TWh

2.2 TWh

Armed Forces Personnel

8.0K

2.0K

Unemployment Rate

10.25%

2.7%

Tourist Arrivals

2.66M

718.0K

Electric Generating Capacity

2.86M kW

829.0K kW

Political Corruption Index

0.62

0.19

Youth Unemployment Rate

25.57% of youth labor force

8.4% of youth labor force

Albania vs Malta

What matters for both sides

Albania

Malta

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Forest Area

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Water Withdrawal

Forest Coverage (%)

Highest Elevation

Firms Making Informal Payments

Road Traffic Death Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Population

Renewable Energy (%)

Domestic Patents

Military Spending

Electricity Generation

Armed Forces Personnel

Unemployment Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Electric Generating Capacity

Political Corruption Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Airports

Homicide Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

High-Tech Exports (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Water Stress (%)

Capital Elevation

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Population Density

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending Per Capita

Milk Consumption per Person

Air Passengers

Coastline Length

Credit Card Ownership

Foreign Patents

Firms with Female Top Manager

Doctors (per 1,000)

Solar Electricity Share

GNI Per Capita

Infant Mortality

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Child Mortality

Exports (% GDP)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Government Debt (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Digital Payments Used

Scientific Publications

Imports (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Broadband Access (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Official Languages Count

Beer Consumption

Agricultural Land (%)

Women in Senior Management

Insufficient Physical Activity

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Meat Consumption per Person

GDP Growth Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Urban Population (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Hypertension Prevalence

Electoral Democracy Index

Spirits Consumption

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)