Country Profile: Malta

MALTA

Population

Total population in Malta is 460,297 by 1st January 2017. 15.12% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Maltese is 40.65 which is slightly more than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).

Political Parties

The most recent parliamentary election was held in June 2017. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):

Party Name

Vote Share

Ideological Orientation

Malta Labour Party

55.04

Social democracy

Nationalist Party

43.68

Conservative

Democratic Alternative

0.83

Green/Ecologist

Electoral System

The system used in Malta is Single Transferrable Vote which is designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts). The voter turnout in 2017 election was 92.06 % (idea.int)

Quality of Democracy

Malta is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International Malta is ranked 46th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 56 out of 100.

Gender Equality

15% of the parliamentarians are women currently while there is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)

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