European ranking
16 / 30
Improved by 7 positions since the previous year
Malta: Gini coefficient
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient
Latest value
29.20 Index
Compared with Europe
-0.3 puntos
Malta is 0.3 points below the European average.
EU: 29.50
Affected population
574.2K
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Gini coefficient
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At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Income inequality is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 29.2 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a gap of 0.3 index points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 30.3 in 2020 to 29.2 in 2025. The latest step, from 31.3 in 2024 to 29.2 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Malta, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.