EU 5.93
· European ranking
17 / 31
No change compared with previous year
Malta: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
4.00% of people
EU 5.93 · -1.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Severe material and social deprivation rate TESPM030
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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 Severe 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, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.0% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 1.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.00% in 2019 to 4.00% in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 4.10% in 2023, 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.