Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta
Malta: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 22.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta, 2006–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta is 22.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta peaked at 54.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 2020.
Malta ranks 103rd of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.3% | 46.7% | 54.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 34.9% | 23.9% | 46.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.8% (2009)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.111 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 26.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0845 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1551 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Malta was 22.2% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 54.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Malta ranks 103rd out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.