Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in Malta
Malta: Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) was 11.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
11.5%
Change on year
up 12.7%
World rank
9th
of 38 countries
All-time high
11.5%
in 2025
All-time low
6.2%
in 2021
Years of data
5
2021–2025
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in Malta, 2021–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Malta recorded 11.5% for inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 85.5% over five years.
That places Malta 9th out of 38 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in Malta, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.2% | — |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +21.0% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | +25.3% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 11.5% | +12.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 11.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.1%, 2.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Malta
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in Malta?
- Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) in Malta was 11.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2021.
- How does Malta rank for inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian)?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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