Housing cost overburden rate in Malta
6.0% of people in Malta spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.
Malta, 2025
6.0%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
6.1%
Position in 2025
18th of 31
Housing cost overburden rate in Malta over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.0% | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 6.0%b (break in time series) | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 1.4% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 1.4% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1.1% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1.6% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.5% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | – |
| 2008 | 3.3% | – |
| 2007 | 2.5% | – |
| 2006 | 1.8% | – |
| 2005 | 1.7% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.
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