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Malta

EDRIX-Wert

2.25

Stufe

Untapped Potential

EDRIX-Säulen-Werte (normalisiert 0–10)

Entwickler-Ökosystem 6.04 / 10
Adoption an der Basis 0.00 / 10
Resilienz des privaten Sektors 2.94 / 10
Resilienz des öffentlichen Sektors 0.00 / 10

Rohmetriken

Die zugrunde liegenden Werte vor der Min-Max-Normalisierung über die EU27.

GitHub-Entwickler (pro-Kopf-Index) 3.98
Linux-Anteil auf Desktop- und Laptop-Computern 2.12%
Anteil souveräner Browser (Firefox + Opera) 6.98%
Domain-Souveränitätsbewertung — alle (nationale TLD) 0.358
Domain-Souveränitätsbewertung — öffentlicher Sektor 0.000

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Malta ranks 27th at 2.23, at the bottom of every pillar that depends on consumer adoption or government infrastructure. Two pillars score literal 0.0: Grassroots Adoption and Public Sector Health. Only the per-capita developer density (6.04 / 10.0, top quartile in EU27 — driven by the country's outsized gaming-and-finance tech sector) lifts Malta above zero.

Strengths

  • Top-tier per-capita developer density — 6.04 normalised; Malta's gaming and finance tech sectors are very large relative to population (530k inhabitants).

Weaknesses

  • Lowest grassroots adoption in the EU — Linux desktop share 2.12%, sovereign browser share 6.98% (both lowest in the EU27).
  • Worst public-sector hosting — Malta's surveyed official government domains are entirely US-hosted.
  • Lowest private-sector hosting alongside Ireland — .mt raw rating 0.38; mostly Cloudflare-fronted.

Outlook

Malta's position reflects its scale: a 530k-population island can't sustain domestic cloud infrastructure at meaningful scale, and ends up relying entirely on Anglo-American providers. The developer density is a tax-driven anomaly more than a structural strength. Hard to move EDRIX without external EU policy intervention.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Malta was an "emerging" country whose standing was based entirely on the strength of its exceptionally well-rounded and mature OSS policy framework.

2024 progression

The government has remained active in promoting OSS. The 2019 Open Source Software Policy, published by the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA), encourages cost-effective OSS adoption and gives it equal consideration in procurement.

Historischer Verweis

OSOR-Datenblatt (PDF, 2024) — der länderbezogene Open-Source-Politikbericht, der in der zurückgezogenen Säule „Öffentliche Politik“ von EDRIX 1.0 verwendet wurde.