European ranking
20 / 27
Improved by 5 positions since the previous year
Malta: House price to income ratio
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio
Latest value
92.90 Index, long-term average = 100
Compared with Europe
-4.2 puntos
Malta is 4.2 points below the European average.
EU: 97.13
Affected population
574.2K
Year: 2025
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Indicator: House price to income ratio
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At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Price to income is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 92.9 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, with a gap of 4.2 index points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 103.51 in 2019 to 92.90 in 2024. The latest step, from 97.12 in 2023 to 92.90 in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.