Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta
Malta: Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population was 2.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Malta recorded 2.6% for overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in 2025.
The figure is down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta peaked at 3.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
That places Malta 40th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.2% | — |
| 2006 | 2.3% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -34.8% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | +71.4% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +36.0% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -55.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +225.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +36.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -80.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 2.6% | — |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 7.5%, 35% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +225.0% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 37 Austria 3.5% compare
- 38 Luxembourg 3.3% compare
- 39 Belgium 3.1% compare
- 41 United Kingdom 2.4% compare
- 41 United Kingdom 2.4% compare
- 43 Netherlands 1.6% compare
- 43 Netherlands 1.6% compare
More population data for Malta
- Demographic balances and indicators by type of projection and NUTS 3 -0.2548 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.4258 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.8129 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.3593 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.8129 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.8% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 11,503 people (2100)
- Population density 1,125 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.8% (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta?
- Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Malta was 2.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population?
- Malta ranks 40th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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