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Arrears on utility bills in Malta

4.5% of people in Malta lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Arrears on utility bills Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Malta, 2025 4.5% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: 5.1%
European Union, 2025 7.0% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.6% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 22nd of 31 See the full ranking

Arrears on utility bills in Malta over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Arrears on utility bills (% of population), 2005 to 2025
Period MaltaEuropean Union
2025 4.5% 7.0%
2024 5.1% 6.9%
2023 4.9% 6.9%
2022 5.6% 6.9%
2021 7.2% 6.4%
2020 6.3% 6.5%
2019 6.5% 6.2%
2018 6.9% 6.8%e (estimated)
2017 5.6% 7.3%e (estimated)
2016 9.5% 8.4%e (estimated)
2015 10.2% 9.4%e (estimated)
2014 14.6% 10.3%e (estimated)
2013 11.6% 10.4%e (estimated)
2012 10.1% 10.1%e (estimated)
2011 8.6% 9.6%e (estimated)
2010 6.8% 9.6%e (estimated)
2009 7.9% –
2008 7.3% –
2007 7.2% –
2006 6.5% –
2005 7.9% –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 5.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.2%, the figure has changed by −5.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_mdes07 · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A hhcomp=TOTAL rskpovth=TOTAL unit=PC
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Malta
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat