At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, Malta's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 4.0% compared to 2009, reaching 46.5.

Malta accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

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 grown by 8.4% (from 42.9 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.