Median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Malta's median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation decreased by 3.7% compared to 2024, reaching 5.20.

Malta accounts for 33.8% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.

Malta ranks 27th 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 6.1% (from 4.90 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi303, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.