MT · 2017 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Malta, 2017
In 2017, Malta's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 4.2% compared to 2016, reaching 23.0.
Malta accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 24.5.
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 25.8% (from 31.0 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.