EU 97.13
· European ranking
20 / 27
Down 5 positions compared with previous year
Malta: Home Price Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
92.90 Index, long-term average = 100
EU 97.13 · -4.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat House price to income ratio tipsho60
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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.