European ranking
12 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Malta: At-risk-of-poverty rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Latest value
16.90 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+0.7 puntos
Malta is 0.7 points above the European average.
EU: 16.23
Affected population
≈ 0.10 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
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At a glance
Malta performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Poverty risk is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 16.9% versus 16.2% in 2025, a gap of 0.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 16.90% in 2020 to 16.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 16.90% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Malta, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.