Livability · rank 8/167
Is 🇲🇹 Malta (Valletta) a good place to live?
Quality score 91/100 against essentials of $1,403/month.
The five metrics
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- strong
- World Bank WGI estimate 0.73 · corruption control 0.27 · stability 0.8 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $29.45 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $10.51/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($1,403) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 1.4× | comfortable |
| $3,000 | 2.1× | very comfortable |
| $5,000 | 3.6× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
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Similar value-for-money
- 🇵🇪 Peru — quality 67.9, essentials $1,046/mo
- 🇺🇬 Uganda — quality 41.4, essentials $633/mo
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia — quality 91, essentials $1,385/mo
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — quality 61, essentials $949/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Malta
Frequently asked questions
- Is Malta a good place to live for remote workers?
- Malta scores 91/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 266.4 Mbps, safety 97, healthcare 82, air quality 86; English not scored) — rank 8 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Malta?
- Median fixed broadband is around 266.4 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Malta?
- Single-person essentials run about $1,403/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "very comfortable" (2.1× essentials).