Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2024, Malta's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex increased by 4.9% compared to 2023, reaching 8.60.

Malta accounts for 67.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Malta ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.0% (from 10.0 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm420, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.