Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta
Malta: Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta stood at 4.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.6% on the previous year and down 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta peaked at 9.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2017.
That places Malta 7th out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.3% | — |
| 2016 | 5.2% | -44.1% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | -23.1% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +22.5% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +21.7% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | -23.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.0% | 9.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.2% | 6.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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 persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta?
- Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Malta was 4.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age?
- Malta ranks 7th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age, sex and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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