Poverty & Inequality in Malta 151 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 2,177 people 2023 up 1,627.8% 111th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 546,544 people 2023 up 29.4% 114th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 408,633 people 2023 up 87.2% 69th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 13.9% 2023 down 48.1% 102nd Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 1.1% 2023 up 330.3% 102nd Number of people living in extreme poverty 550,570 people 2023 up 29.6% 119th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 2,177 people 2023 up 1,627.8% 111th Number of people living in extreme poverty 2,177 people 2023 up 1,627.8% 111th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 1.1% 2023 up 330.3% 102nd The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 6.0% 2023 up 35.9% 62nd Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 10.4% 2023 up 6.9% 74th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 18.2% 2023 up 18.4% 59th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 26.1% 2023 down 46.4% 105th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.9% 2023 up 530.8% 82nd Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 86th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 1.1% 2023 up 100.3% 103rd Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 2,177 people 2023 up 1,627.8% 111th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 408,633 people 2023 up 87.2% 69th Gini coefficient 0.3178 2023 up 10.2% 83rd Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.4% 2023 up 1,227.7% 84th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.7% 2021 up 10.6% 38th Share of population living below national poverty lines 16.7% 2021 up 10.6% 38th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.5% 2023 down 16.7% 49th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 508,002 people 2020 up 24.5% 103rd Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.2% 2020 up 8.9% 88th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 22.2% 2020 down 52.3% 103rd Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2020 up 8.9% 88th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1,087 people 2020 up 35.4% 106th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.6% 2020 up 129.1% 86th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.8% 2020 up 65.1% 96th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.3% 2020 up 16.6% 82nd Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 16.7% 2021 up 10.6% 38th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 23.9% 2025 down 17.6% 47th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 12.1% 2025 down 10.4% 37th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 21.7% 2025 up 39.1% 34th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 3.77 Number 2025 down 41.0% 9th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 7.9% 2025 up 68.1% 5th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 13.9% 2025 up 120.6% 30th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 16.0% 2025 down 0.6% 21st Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 70.9% 2025 down 10.9% 31st Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 4.5% 2025 up 25.0% 16th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 9.4% 2025 down 32.4% 45th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 18.2% 2025 down 28.9% 47th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 3.0% 2025 down 14.3% 44th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 5.4% 2025 up 260.0% 34th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0012 2024 up 71.4% 39th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 5.0% 2025 down 48.5% 32nd Subjective poverty by sex and age 15.0% 2025 down 30.6% 25th Subjective poverty by tenure status 15.0% 2025 down 30.6% 25th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 — 27th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 19.7% 2024 down 17.6% 24th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 8.7% 2025 down 45.6% 27th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →