Housing cost overburden rate by household type - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Malta's housing cost overburden rate by household type increased by 41.4% compared to 2023, reaching 18.1.

Malta accounts for 85.8% of the EU-27 total of 21.1.

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 141.3% (from 7.50 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi166, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.