MT · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Malta, 2016
In 2016, Malta's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 12.2% compared to 2015, reaching 23.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.3%.
Malta ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 35.8% (from 17.6% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.