At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Malta's at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex increased by 1.8% compared to 2024, reaching 22.5.

Malta accounts for 92.2% of the EU-27 total of 24.4.

Malta ranks 19th 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 5.1% (from 21.4 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi230, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.