Housing cost overburden in Malta

Share of people in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing: everyone, and people at risk of poverty. All figures for Malta

Latest housing cost overburden in Malta
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	6.0%	2025	13th lowest of 27	−0.1 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	23.0%	2025	13th lowest of 27	−1.4 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Malta stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 13th lowest of 27

Greece26.4
Denmark23.4
Germany11.2
Sweden10.8
Estonia8.8
Czechia8.2
Luxembourg8.1
Spain7.2
Bulgaria6.9
Belgium6.7
Netherlands6.5
France6.4
Portugal6.3
Austria6.1
Malta6.0
Latvia5.7
Lithuania5.7
Hungary5.3
Ireland5.3
Italy5.0
Romania5.0
Finland4.7
Poland4.1
Slovakia3.5
Slovenia3.5
Croatia3.2
Cyprus2.4

At risk of poverty (%) · 13th lowest of 27

Greece82.6
Denmark69.5
Sweden46.8
Czechia43.4
Germany35.0
Estonia33.3
Austria32.1
Belgium31.3
Luxembourg30.4
Netherlands29.9
Spain28.3
Bulgaria27.0
France25.4
Portugal24.4
Malta23.0
Latvia22.3
Poland21.9
Italy21.7
Hungary21.2
Finland20.7
Lithuania20.2
Slovenia18.7
Ireland17.1
Romania16.9
Slovakia15.4
Croatia14.9
Cyprus7.6

Housing cost overburden, history

All 21 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	6.0
2024	5.9
2023	6.0
2022	2.9
2021	2.7
2020	2.8
2019	2.6
2018	1.7
2017	1.4
2016	1.4
2015	1.1
2014	1.6
2013	2.5
2012	2.6
2011	3.0
2010	3.7
2009	2.8
2008	3.3
2007	2.5
2006	1.8
2005	1.7

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	23.0
2024	25.3
2023	24.8
2022	12.1
2021	12.2
2020	9.8
2019	9.2
2018	5.6
2017	5.6
2016	5.7
2015	4.8
2014	5.8
2013	11.2
2012	11.9
2011	11.6
2010	13.3
2009	10.6
2008	12.4
2007	10.2
2006	9.5
2005	6.5

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Malta, 2025: 6.0%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/malta, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Source: Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.