Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta
Malta: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 26.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta, 2006–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 26.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta peaked at 64.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2023.
Malta ranks 105th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 64.4% | — |
| 2007 | 58.2% | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 57.0% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 59.1% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 57.7% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 56.3% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 53.0% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 48.6% | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 44.4% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 43.8% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 39.6% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 38.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 35.4% | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 32.6% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 29.6% | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 27.6% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 29.3% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.7% | 57.0% | 64.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 32.6% | 57.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.1% | 26.1% | 29.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Malta was 26.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 64.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2023.
- How does Malta rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Malta ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.