MT · 2025 · tessi163

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

Malta, 2025

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
6.0%
Malta, 2025
▲ 1.7% vs 2024 (5.9%)
Analysis

In 2025, Malta's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status increased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 6.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.7%.

Malta ranks 15th 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 114.3% (from 2.8% in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi163, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
77.9%
EU-27: 7.7%
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025