MALTA - Medical Device Industry and Demographic Data

Shown below you will find some basic demographic and economic data, plus information specific to the medical device and healthcare industry.

Capital city: Valletta

Total area: 316 km²

Population: 0.4 million

Currency: euro

Language: Maltese, English

Structure of population:
0-14 years: 16.1%
15-64 years: 69.4%
65 years and over: 14.5% (2009 est.)

Healthcare expenditure: $4 037 per capita (at int. $ rate, 2007 data)

Number of hospitals: 9 (2006 data)

Healthcare financing: Since 1999 global budgets are being directly allocated to individual hospitals budgets calculated on a historical basis. Physicians in primary health care and hospitals are salaried civil servants.

Medical device industry: Malta is the smallest consumer of medical devices in the EU and represents 0.05 % of the total EU consumption. The medical device market is estimated at $19 million in 2006. The market growth is expected to increase by 3% per year and reach $22 million by 2011. Malta has a trade surplus ($32.4 million in 2003) which is due to the manufacturing base of Baxter International. Opportunity: The ongoing government policy of refurbishing the island's hospitals.