Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta
Malta: Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population was 4.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta stood at 4.7%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 27.0% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta peaked at 4.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2023.
That places Malta 46th out of 49 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.8% | — |
| 2006 | 3.5% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -21.1% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -31.0% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +54.2% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | +27.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 4.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 40% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 2.4% | 4.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 43 Ireland 5.4% compare
- 44 United Kingdom 4.8% compare
- 44 United Kingdom 4.8% compare
- 47 Netherlands 4.1% compare
- 47 Netherlands 4.1% compare
- 49 Cyprus 2.2% compare
More economy & growth data for Malta
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -36.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.35 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.51 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0128 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 611.63 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.5772 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0093 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 446.61 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.79 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta?
- Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Malta was 4.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2023.
- How does Malta rank for overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population?
- Malta ranks 46th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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