EU 11.38
· European ranking
17 / 30
Malta: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.70% of people
EU 11.38 · -2.7 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09
Explore this indicator
Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
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.