Poverty & Inequality in Malta 151 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 38.7% 3rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.3% 20th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.1 live births per woman 2023 down 19.6% 223rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,880 kg per hectare 2017 up 15.1% 47th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 35.7% 26th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year 2017 down 75.9% 76th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.81 2009 up 16.8% 32nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.8% 2009 up 16.8% 32nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2009 down 45.2% 35th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.6277 % change on previous year 2009 down 91.0% 110th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.111 2023 down 42.8% 134th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 26.8% 2023 up 3.8% 30th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0867 2023 up 6.7% 163rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0867 2023 up 6.7% 163rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0845 2023 down 4.7% 215th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 — 84th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 — 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 800.0% 82nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 up 266.7% 104th Prosperity gap 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 12.5% 110th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1551 2023 up 12.6% 149th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 — 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.4% 2023 up 7.8% 102nd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 500.0% 101st Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 unchanged 153rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.843 2023 up 5.0% 21st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.843 2023 up 5.0% 21st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.843 2023 up 5.0% 21st Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.4% 2023 — 88th Three metrics of inequality 47.06 2020 up 9.2% 90th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4706 2020 up 9.2% 90th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 1,121 2023 up 74.3% 6th Income share held by second 20% 13.0% 2023 down 4.4% 31st Income share held by third 20% 17.1% 2023 down 2.3% 33rd Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2023 down 0.4% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 39.8% 2023 up 5.3% 85th Income share held by highest 10% 24.7% 2023 up 6.5% 85th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 20.0% 66th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.6% 2023 down 11.6% 48th Gini index 31.8 2023 up 10.4% 85th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.4% 2023 up 7.2% 80th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.15 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 2,167.7% 106th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2023 up 1,642.8% 83rd At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 16.9% 2025 up 1.8% 21st Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4149 2020 up 8.0% 80th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 22.5% 2025 down 5.5% 32nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4149 2020 up 8.0% 80th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 8.7% 2025 down 44.2% 25th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 30,902 2017 up 41.1% 32nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 19.4% 2025 down 12.6% 22nd Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.1% 2025 down 50.0% 24th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.3% 2020 up 14.3% 87th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.9% 2020 up 27.8% 88th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 3.3% 2020 down 49.2% 27th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 19.0% 2020 down 10.4% 25th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 26.7% 2023 down 18.7% 56th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3178 2023 up 10.2% 83rd Page 1 of 3 Next →