Material Deprivation in Malta According to the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions Survey, during 2017 there were 34,596 people living in materially deprived households. Amongst them 14,393 lived in households that were deemed to be severely materially deprived. In 2017, the material deprivation rate stood at 8.0 per cent, whereas the severe material […]
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One Every Four Children at Risk of Poverty
A quarter of all children under the age of 18 are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, both in Malta and the European Union. According to data provided by Eurostat, in 2016 the European Union (EU) was home to 24.8 million children who were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This amounts to […]
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