People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

In 2021, Malta's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex increased by 2.0% compared to 2020, reaching 40.6.

Malta accounts for 93.5% of the EU-27 total of 43.4.

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 0.5% (from 40.4 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm410, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.