Gozo is a safer place to drive, has more cows than pigs and more successful students sitting for the Junior Lyceum exams, according to official statistics.

Gozo's cattle population is higher than that of Malta but there are fewer pigs. In 2007, there were 292 pigs per 1,000 in Malta, compared to Gozo's 73, according to the latest figures by the National Statistics Office.

Gozitan schoolchildren also got higher marks in their Junior Lyceum exams and more Gozitans are graduating from the University.

It also seems to be a safer place, with fewer cars stolen, fewer traffic accidents, casualties and fatalities and crimes.

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