At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta
Malta: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) was 12.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Malta recorded 12.1% for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta peaked at 14.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2005.
That places Malta 37th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9.5% | — |
| 2006 | 10.6% | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 12.4% | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 12.5% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 12.3% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 12.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 12.4% | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 13.1% | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | +9.2% |
| 2025 | 12.1% | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1% | 9.5% | 12.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 12.3% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,880 kg per hectare (2017)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2017)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.81 (2009)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.8% (2009)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2009)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Malta was 12.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2005.
- How does Malta rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded)?
- Malta ranks 37th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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