Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2024, Malta's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 19.6% compared to 2023, reaching 20.1.

Malta accounts for 84.8% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Malta ranks 11th 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 4.7% (from 19.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.