MT · 2024 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Malta, 2024
In 2024, Malta's severe material and social deprivation rate 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 tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.