Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Malta
Malta: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 6.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Malta, 2006–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Malta stood at 6.0%.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Malta peaked at 6.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2008.
Malta ranks 62nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4.5% | — |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 4.6% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +40.2% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Malta?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Malta was 6.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2008.
- How does Malta rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Malta ranks 62nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.