Inequality of income distribution

In 2025, Malta's inequality of income distribution decreased by 11.4% compared to 2024, reaching 8.98.

Malta accounts for 97.2% of the EU-27 total of 9.24.

Malta ranks 16th 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 4.3% (from 9.38 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.