Malawi and Malta Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Malta
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: George Abela
Population
16,777,547	411,277
Life Expectancy
52.780 years	79.980 years
Capital City
	Valletta
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Birkirkara (population: 21,676)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.894
GDP per capita
	$26,100 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	92.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	5.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	8.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	6.100%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
multiparty democracy	republic
Independence date
	21 September 1964 (from UK)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Roman Catholic 98%
Languages
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)	Maltese (official) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)
Exports
	machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
External Debt
	$48,790,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6494 (2008 est.), 0.6795 (January 2008), Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.3106 (2007), 0.37 (2006), 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466 (2004), 0.37723 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)
Area
118,484 km sq	316 km sq
Coastline
0 km	197 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers

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Malawi vs Malta