Malta against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Income inequality (Gini)

0 to 100, higher is more unequal

Malta: 29.2 in 2025, against 29.2 for the EU as a whole — the 14th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Income inequality (Gini): Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
Rank	Country	Figure
12	Germany	30.1
13	Hungary	29.5
14	Malta	29.2
15	Sweden	28.6
16	Croatia	28.5
—	European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)	29.2

Published from 2014 to 2025. Highest: 33.0 in 2023. Lowest: 27.7 in 2014.
Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 31.2^*.
Above the EU figure in 5^* of 12^* years with a figure for both (2014–2025).

Top fifth earns this many times the bottom fifth

income quintile share ratio

Malta: 4.49 in 2025, against 4.62 for the EU as a whole — the 16th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Top fifth earns this many times the bottom fifth: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
Rank	Country	Figure
joint 13	Luxembourg	4.60
15	Sweden	4.58
16	Malta	4.49
17	Romania	4.37
18	Austria	4.25
—	European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)	4.62

Published from 2005 to 2025. Highest: 5.30 in 2023. Lowest: 3.89 in 2007.
Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.93^*.
Above the EU figure in 4^* of 16^* years with a figure for both (2010–2025).

At risk of poverty

share below the national poverty line

Malta: 16.9% in 2025, the 10th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

At risk of poverty: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
Rank	Country	Figure
8	Italy	18.6%
9	Romania	18.4%
10	Malta	16.9%
11	France	16.3%
12	Germany	16.1%
—	European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)	no figure published

Published from 2000 to 2025. Highest: 17.1% in 2019. Lowest: 14.2% in 2006.
Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 16.8%^*.

At risk of poverty or social exclusion

share of the population

Malta: 19.4% in 2025, the 13th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

At risk of poverty or social exclusion: Malta and the states ranked next to it, 2025
Rank	Country	Figure
11	Croatia	20.7%
12	Hungary	19.5%
13	Malta	19.4%
14	Ireland	18.8%
joint 15	Austria	18.6%
—	European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)	no figure published

Published from 2015 to 2025. Highest: 22.2% in 2015. Lowest: 19.2% in 2018.
Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 19.8%^*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

^* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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