Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Malta
Malta: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 54.0% | — |
| 2007 | 47.4% | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 46.7% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 49.1% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 46.6% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 44.6% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 41.8% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 37.4% | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 33.9% | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 34.3% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 30.2% | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 29.2% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 27.1% | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 23.9% | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | -6.8% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 22.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 81% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Malta's 22.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.8%, 23% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.3% | 46.7% | 54.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 34.9% | 23.9% | 46.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $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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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.