Quality of life in Malaga
Malaga, Spain, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and business freedom.
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Malaga, Spain, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and business freedom.
Large apartment | $920.00 |
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Medium apartment | $780.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.81 |
Small apartment | $640.00 |
5km taxi ride | $8.30 |
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A Cappuccino | $1.90 |
A beer | $0.80 |
A kilogram of Apples | $1.60 |
Bread | $0.43 |
Inflation [score] | 0.74 |
Lunch | $11.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $38.00 |
Monthly public transport | $49.00 |
Movie ticket | $9.10 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $54.22 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
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Coworking spaces [score] | 0.50 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 12 |
Meetups [score] | 0.25 |
Meetups groups | 55 |
Meetups members | 17293 |
Number of investors | 5 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 33 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 11 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.37 |
Startup events | 7 |
Startup events [score] | 0.29 |
Startups [score] | 0.39 |
Total number of startups | 52 |
Airport hub | 115 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.52 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.35 |
Traffic handling [score] | 0.91 |
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Business freedom | 76.00 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.68 |
Freedom from corruption | 60.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.59 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 51.70 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.30 |
Time to open a business | 13.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.86 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.59 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
Guns per 100 residents | 10 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.98 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.95 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.97 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.75 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.83 |
Life expectancy (years) | 82.83 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.97 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 490.84 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 487.94 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 496.45 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 24 |
PISA ranking | 22 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.75 |
PISA reading (high school) | 17 |
PISA science (high school) | 21 |
Percent of happy students | 0.85 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.24 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.18 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.16 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.06 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.05 |
Air quality [score] | 0.84 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.93 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.83 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.65 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
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Currency for urban area | EUR |
GDP growth rate | 0.01 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.31 |
GDP per capita | $33711.41 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.54 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.45 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.49 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 152 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.21 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 39.58 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.69 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.55 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 13.75 |
Art galleries | 49 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.45 |
Cinemas | 23 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.47 |
Comedy clubs | 11 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.50 |
Concert venues | 60 |
Concerts [score] | 0.36 |
Historical sites | 55 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.68 |
Museums | 42 |
Museums [score] | 0.59 |
Performing art venues | 64 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.49 |
Sport venues | 33 |
Sports [score] | 0.56 |
Zoos | 2 |
Zoos [score] | 0.45 |
Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.88 |
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LGBT Equality Index | 91.99 |
LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.94 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | Sexual orientation only |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.56 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.29 |
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Median peak in meters | 770.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 22.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.87 |
Costs of living in Málaga are in the 73rd place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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The overall crime rate puts Malaga in position 130 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Málaga (, Spanish: [ˈmalaɣa]) is a municipality, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 569,130 in 2015, it is the second-most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth-largest in Spain. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean, about 100 kilometres (62.14 miles) east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km (80.78 mi) north of Africa.
Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded by the Phoenicians as Malaka about 770 BC, and from the 6th century BC was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage. Then, from 218 BC, it was ruled by the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as Malaca (Latin). After the fall of the empire and the end of Visigothic rule, it was under Islamic rule as Mālaqah (مالقة) for 800 years, but in 1487, the Crown of Castille gained control after the Reconquista. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an "open museum", displaying its history of nearly 3,000 years.
This important cultural infrastructure and the artistic heritage have culminated in the nomination of Málaga as a candidate for the 2016 European Capital of Culture.
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