Overcrowding rate by poverty status - population without single-person households - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Malta's overcrowding rate by poverty status increased by 53.6% compared to 2023, reaching 4.30.

Malta accounts for 23.6% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Malta ranks 25th 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 4.9% (from 4.10 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi178, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.