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24 / 31
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Malta: Arrears on housing or utility bills
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for Arrears on housing or utility bills in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
Latest value
5.90 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-4.3 puntos
Malta is 4.3 points below the European average.
EU: 10.25
Affected population
≈ 0.03 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
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At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.9% versus 10.2% in 2024, with a gap of 4.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.80% in 2019 to 5.90% in 2024. The latest value changes little from 5.70% in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Malta, the evidence for Housing & Energy Stress leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.