Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Malta
Malta: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 1.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Malta is 1.1%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 50.7% on the previous year and up 330.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Malta peaked at 1.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2014.
That places Malta 102nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 $8.30 a day in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1.0% | — |
| 2007 | 1.4% | +42.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -49.1% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +65.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -44.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -52.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -32.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +116.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +36.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +69.8% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +31.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -47.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +40.5% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +50.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 73% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Malta's 1.1% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 32.3%, 3% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Malta?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Malta was 1.1% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2014.
- How does Malta rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Malta ranks 102nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 330.3%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.