Malta vs Netherlands: HICP - Processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco
Malta
3.4
in 2025
Netherlands
3.6
in 2025
Malta rank
20th
Netherlands rank
17th
HICP - Processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco over time
- Malta
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 3.6 against 3.4 in Malta, a difference of 0.2.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 20th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 36 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.63 | 1.1 | 1.53 | Malta |
| 2000s | 2.82 | 1.6 | 1.22 | Malta |
| 2010s | 2.34 | 1.4 | 0.94 | Malta |
| 2020s | 5.22 | 4.85 | 0.3667 | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hicp - processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco, Malta or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 3.6 against 3.4 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in hicp - processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco between Malta and Netherlands?
- 0.2, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Netherlands?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Netherlands rank globally for hicp - processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco?
- Malta ranks 20th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- European Central Bank, published as HICP - Processed food including alcohol and excluding tobacco (Annual average rate of change, Eurostat). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.