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17 / 29
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Malta: Material and social deprivation rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
8.70 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-2.7 puntos
Malta is 2.7 points below the European average.
EU: 11.38
Affected population
≈ 0.05 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 8.7% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 2.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.40% in 2020 to 8.70% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 9.00% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Malta, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions 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.