Poverty & Inequality in Malta 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 up 266.7% 102nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 800.0% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 — 82nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 — 78th Prosperity gap 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 12.5% 108th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 500.0% 99th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.4% 2023 up 7.8% 100th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 — 83rd Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 unchanged 153rd Income share held by second 20% 13.0% 2023 down 4.4% 31st Gini index 31.8 2023 up 10.4% 83rd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.6% 2023 down 11.6% 48th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 20.0% 66th Income share held by highest 10% 24.7% 2023 up 6.5% 83rd Income share held by highest 20% 39.8% 2023 up 5.3% 83rd Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2023 down 0.4% 45th Income share held by third 20% 17.1% 2023 down 2.3% 33rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.4% 2023 up 7.2% 78th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.7% 2021 up 10.6% 38th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.5% 2023 down 16.7% 47th