MT · 2021 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Malta, 2021
In 2021, Malta's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 5.9% compared to 2020, reaching 10.8.
Malta accounts for 85.7% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.
Malta ranks 12th 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 3.8% (from 10.4 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.