Subjective poverty by tenure status in Malta
Malta: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 15.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
15.0%
Change on year
down 13.3%
World rank
21st
of 36 countries
All-time high
47.2%
in 2010
All-time low
12.3%
in 2019
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Malta, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Malta recorded 15.0% for subjective poverty by tenure status in 2025.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Malta peaked at 47.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 12.3%, in 2019.
Malta ranks 21st of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.1% | 12.3% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 15.0% | 21.4% | 6 |
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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Malta?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Malta was 15.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 47.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2019.
- How does Malta rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Malta ranks 21st out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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