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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Malta: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Malta is placed 50th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.849 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 61.48 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
50th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Malta on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.849
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Malta: 0.849. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Southern Europe
- 0.977 Serbia
61.48
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 39th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Malta: 61.48. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Southern Europe
- 74.22 Spain
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.506
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Malta: 0.506. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Southern Europe
- 2.006 Spain
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Malta, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Southern Europe
- 57.65 Serbia
02Over time
Which way Malta is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
MaltaWorld median
Malta fell from 62.43 in 2020 to 61.48 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Malta World median 2025 61.480 40.2 2024 63.643 43.3 2023 63.644 41.4 2022 62.752 40.3 2021 64.849 44.1 2020 62.434 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
MaltaWorld median
Malta rose from -0.409 in 2000 to 0.506 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Malta World median 2025 1 0.20 2024 1 0.11 2023 1 0.14 2022 1 0.16 2021 0 0.12 2020 0 0.12 2019 0 0.10 2018 0 -0.05 2017 0 -0.08 2016 0 -0.10 2015 0 -0.17 2014 0 -0.21 2013 0 -0.21 2012 0 -0.25 2011 0 -0.32 2010 0 -0.31 2009 0 -0.50 2008 0 -0.51 2007 0 -0.51 2006 0 -0.55 2005 0 -0.55 2004 -0 -0.55 2003 -0 -0.55 2002 -0 -0.51 2001 -0 -0.51 2000 -0 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
MaltaWorld median
Malta fell from 76.09 in 2010 to 68.63 in 2016; the world median went from 19.88 to 18.15.
Every year’s figures
Year Malta World median 2024 — 25.42 2023 — 26.03 2022 — 26.04 2021 — 29.80 2020 — 29.47 2019 — 18.36 2018 — 20.09 2017 — 18.32 2016 68.6 18.15 2015 72.0 19.57 2014 75.7 21.00 2013 76.0 20.50 2012 75.4 19.56 2011 74.1 19.21 2010 76.1 19.88
03In context
Malta beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Malta and Southern Europe
Malta has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain | =11th | 0.891 | 74.22 | 2.006 | 37.53 |
 Serbia | =34th | 0.977 | 60.96 | 0.11 | 57.65 |
 Portugal | 36th | 0.9 | 66.09 | 1.571 | 27.97 |
 Italy | 37th | 0.842 | 68.81 | 0.703 | 44.44 |
| Malta | 50th | 0.849 | 61.48 | 0.506 | — |
 Greece | 56th | 0.883 | 60.51 | 1.178 | 13.2 |
 Slovenia | 58th | 0.882 | 62.71 | -0.437 | 35.09 |
 Croatia | 76th | 0.774 | 49.79 | 0.498 | 20.92 |
 North Macedonia | 95th | 0.76 | 37.57 | -0.877 | 42.69 |
 Albania | 103rd | 0.939 | 43.44 | -1.477 | 12.13 |
 Kosovo | 112th | 0.851 | — | -1.41 | 17.09 |
 Andorra | 113th | 0.39 | 41.51 | — | — |
 Montenegro | 128th | 0.513 | 39.9 | -1.096 | 17.35 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 130th | 0.433 | 35.67 | -0.607 | 14.94 |
 San Marino | 147th | 0.225 | 35.89 | — | — |
 Gibraltar | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Vatican City | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Malta in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Malta is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median11
Statistics on which Malta does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.97524.260.975▲ Improved since 2014
Malta: 24.26 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 6th of 119 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5052.0150.505▲ Improved since 2015
Malta: 2.015 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 14th of 176 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7890.0578.78No earlier reading
Malta: 90.05 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 18th of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3987.7562.39No earlier reading
Malta: 87.75 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 27th of 181 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.7960.485▲ Improved since 2013
Malta: 0.796 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 26th of 170 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.8221.023▲ Improved since 2015
Malta: 1.822 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 29th of 176 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6896.9991.68No earlier reading
Malta: 96.99 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 25th of 140 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2293.2664.22No earlier reading
Malta: 93.26 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0592.7283.05No earlier reading
Malta: 92.72 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 30th of 140 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3523.8732.35No earlier reading
Malta: 23.87 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 115th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.015-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Malta: 0.015 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 81st of 176 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.9640.96No earlier reading
Malta: 4 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6015.1785.601Moved since 2014
Malta: 5.178 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,45481,101141,454Moved since 2020
Malta: 81,101 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67043,60084,670Moved since 2020
Malta: 43,600 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71452,931148,714Moved since 2020
Malta: 52,931 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for Malta
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2016), ICT Services Exports (last 2014), Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021) and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Malta’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Malta’s 11th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Food & Agriculture3rd of 1843/4 keys
- Peace & Security3rd of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience7th of 1934/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade19th of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour20th of 1824/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing24th of 2004/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation30th of 1763/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 35th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality30th of 1593/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions42nd of 1944/4 keys
- Digital & Technology50th of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties52nd of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge59th of 1983/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 62nd of 1834/4 keys
- Energy78th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability152nd of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Malta can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Europe
Spain=11th4/4 keysThis page
Malta50th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Malta on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Malta rank on digital & technology?
Malta is placed 50th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index and Government Cyber Security Capacity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Malta?
0.849 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Malta?
61.48 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Malta’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 62.43 in 2020 to 61.48 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.409 in 2000 to 0.506 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 76.09 in 2010 to 68.63 in 2016.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Malta?
No current reading is published for Malta on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, ICT Services Exports, Made or Received a Digital Payment and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Malta’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Malta (banner) — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Malta: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/malta/digital