Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Malta's housing cost overburden rate by income quintile increased by 3.2% compared to 2023, reaching 22.4.

Malta accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

Malta ranks 18th 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 169.9% (from 8.30 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi162, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.