European ranking
29 / 30
No change from the previous year
Malta: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Malta
Current reading for Inability to face unexpected financial expenses in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Latest value
18.70 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-10.4 puntos
Malta is 10.4 points below the European average.
EU: 29.09
Affected population
≈ 0.11 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Granularity: Regions
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Malta
—18.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Unexpected expenses stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 18.7% versus 29.1% in 2025, a large gap of 10.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 16.30% in 2020 to 18.70% in 2025. The latest step, from 18.30% in 2024 to 18.70% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
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. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.