🇲🇹 Malta Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇹 Malta MT / MLT #185

Nomad Score 65.0

Cities 16

Region European Union, Mediterranean, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Europe, Europe, Southern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 49/100

Press Freedom (2025) 63.0/100 #67

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.783

HDI 0.924

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 77th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 75th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 58th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 66th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 74th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 77th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 4.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Malta	Myriam Spiteri Debono
Prime Minister of Malta	Robert Abela

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 49 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 63.0 / 100

Global Rank #67 / 180

Rank Change +6 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #96 44.3

Economic #51 51.3

Legal #74 65.1

Social #72 65.0

Safety #45 89.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.783

Liberal 0.621

Participatory 0.529

Deliberative 0.642

Egalitarian 0.694

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	63.0	67	44.3	51.3	65.1	65.0	89.2
2024	61.0	73	45.4	49.6	60.1	61.9	87.9
2023	59.8	84	46.5	44.8	57.2	66.0	84.3
2022	61.6	78	46.8	41.3	68.0	74.8	76.9
2021	69.5	81	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	69.8	81	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.3	77	-	-	-	-	56.2
2018	72.6	65	-	-	-	-	55.0
2017	75.2	47	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	76.2	46	-	-	-	-	44.2
2015	75.8	48	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	76.2	51	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.7	45	-	-	-	-	-
2012	19.5	58	-	-	-	-	-
2010	4.0	16	-	-	-	-	-
2009	2.5	11	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index