Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta
Malta: Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation was 564 Thousand persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand persons.
Analysis
In 2025, material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta stood at 564 Thousand persons. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta peaked at 564 Thousand persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 432 Thousand persons, in 2015.
Malta ranks 42nd of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta, year by year
| Year | Thousand persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 432 Thousand persons | — |
| 2016 | 443 Thousand persons | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 452 Thousand persons | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 467 Thousand persons | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 485 Thousand persons | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 505 Thousand persons | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 508 Thousand persons | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 513 Thousand persons | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 532 Thousand persons | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 552 Thousand persons | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 564 Thousand persons | +2.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 564 Thousand persons is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,634 Thousand persons, 7% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 455.8 Thousand persons | 432 Thousand persons | 485 Thousand persons | 5 |
| 2020s | 529 Thousand persons | 505 Thousand persons | 564 Thousand persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 39 Cyprus 977 Thousand persons compare
- 40 Luxembourg 673 Thousand persons compare
- 41 Montenegro 619 Thousand persons compare
- 43 Iceland 364 Thousand persons compare
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 material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta?
- Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Malta was 564 Thousand persons in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 564 Thousand persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 432 Thousand persons in 2015.
- How does Malta rank for material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation?
- Malta ranks 42nd out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. 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 Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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