EU 10.25
· European ranking
24 / 31
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Malta: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
5.90% of people
EU 10.25 · -4.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Arrears on housing or utility bills ILC_MDES05
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Internal regions
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More context on this indicator
At a glance
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.9% versus 10.2% in 2024, with a gap of 4.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.80% in 2019 to 5.90% in 2024. The latest value changes little from 5.70% in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.