At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2010, Malta's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.5% compared to 2009, reaching 16.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.1%.

Malta ranks 13th 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 9.5% (from 14.8% in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.