🇲🇹 Malta vs 🇿🇦 South Africa
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 15° · Jul 28° · Valletta
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Sunny days (capital)
Open-Meteo, days with over 4.5h of sunshine
350 days / yr
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Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 38 · Good
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Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
−8% (2025)
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Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index (euro-area countries share one euro-area price)
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$3.36
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified June 2026
Non-dom (remittance basis)
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
2.4% / yr (2025)
3.2% / yr (2025)
Unemployment
World Bank, ILO-modelled estimate
2.9% (2025)
32.4% (2025)
Internet (median fixed)
Ookla Speedtest Global Index
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~50 Mbps
English proficiency
EF English Proficiency Index
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high
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, last 6 months
No known issues
No known issues
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 1 · Exercise Normal Precautions
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Population
World Bank total population
580k (2025)
64.7M (2025)
Population density
World Bank, people per km²
1,727 / km² (2023)
52 / km² (2023)
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
37.0% of population (2024)
4.1% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
82 yrs
62 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
ZAR
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+2
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Crypto-friendly
Legal
Short-term gains
35%
18%
Long-term gains
0%
18%
Long-term holding period
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Staking income
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45%
Mining income
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45%
General rates, not personal tax advice.
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 12 July 2026. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 7 July 2026. Sources shown per row.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
🇲🇹 Malta
Foreign income not remitted to Malta is untaxed
Verified June 2026 · CFR (tax authority)
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