MT · 2016 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Malta, 2016
In 2016, Malta's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 15.5% compared to 2015, reaching 24.0.
Malta accounts for 91.3% of the EU-27 total of 26.3.
Malta ranks 15th 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 13.7% (from 27.8 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.