Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2025, Malta's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex decreased by 4.7% compared to 2024, reaching 8.20.

Malta accounts for 65.1% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.

Malta ranks 16th 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 19.6% (from 10.2 in 2020).

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