Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex

In 2024, Malta's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 7.9% compared to 2023, reaching 70.6.

Malta accounts for 68.9% of the EU-27 total of 102.4.

Malta ranks 22nd 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 10.5% (from 78.9 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.