Malta vs United States: Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile

Malta

820 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

United States

788.73 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2024

Malta rank

16th

United States rank

19th

Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile over time

Malta
United States

How they compare

Malta currently reports 820 international-$ in 2021 prices against 788.73 international-$ in 2021 prices in United States, a difference of 31.27 international-$ in 2021 prices.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2006 it was United States ahead.

Malta ranks 16th and United States ranks 19th of 120 regions.

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About this data

Indicator: Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The level of income or consumption per month below which 10% of the population falls.