At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Malta's at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex increased by 7.0% compared to 2020, reaching 22.9.

Malta accounts for 86.1% of the EU-27 total of 26.6.

Malta ranks 21st 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 3.8% (from 23.8 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesov250, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.