t: automatic system satisfies normal requirements
domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands
international: country code - 356; 2 submarine cables; satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:
255,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)

Televisions:
280,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.mt

Internet hosts:
7,156 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2002)

Internet users:
120,000 (2002)

Transportation Malta

Highways:
total: 2,222 km
paved: 2,000 km
unpaved: 222 km (2002)

Ports and harbors:
Marsaxlokk, Valletta

Merchant marine:
total: 1,140 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 25,102,401 GRT/41,176,791 DWT
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 438, cargo 303, chemical
tanker 70, combination ore/oil 2, container 54, liquefied gas 8,
livestock carrier 1, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 13, petroleum
tanker 162, refrigerated cargo 43, roll on/roll off 26, specialized
tanker 1, vehicle carrier 13
foreign-owned: 1,080 (Austria 3, Azerbaijan 1, Bangladesh 3, Belgium
12, British 1, Bulgaria 18, Canada 9, China 15, Croatia 10, Cyprus
2, Czech Republic 2, Estonia 2, Finland 1, France 5, Germany 51,
Greece 527, Hong Kong 1, Iceland 7, Iran 4, Israel 26, Italy 17,
Japan 2, Latvia 30, Lebanon 6, Madagascar 1, Monaco 3, Netherlands
3, Norway 42, Pakistan 2, Poland 24, Portugal 4, Romania 5, Russia
64, Slovenia 3, South Korea 4, Sweden 3, Switzerland 32, Syria 6,
Taiwan 1, Turkey 87, Ukraine 25, UAE 5, United Kingdom 8, United
States 3)
registered in other countries: 3 (2005)

Airports:
1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Malta

Military branches:
Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements)
(2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 90,651 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 74,525 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$31.1 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.7% (2004)

Transnational Issues Malta

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Wes