Migrants from outside the European Union in Malta are among the least at risk of poverty or social exclusion when compared to other non-EU migrants in other EU states.
According to Eurostat, the at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate was higher for non-EU citizens aged 18 and over than for nationals.
At least half of non-EU citizens aged 18 and over were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Greece (72.1 per cent), Belgium (68.4), Spain (59.5), France (55.8), Croatia (53.2), Portugal (51.7) and Slovenia (50.6).
The lowest rates were recorded in the Czech Republic (30.8) and Malta (31.4).
The survey states that the share of non-EU citizens aged 18 and over who were severely materially deprived was higher than for nationals with the exception of Malta.
The rates ranged for non-EU citizens from 56.8 per cent in Greece to 3.7 per cent in Luxembourg, and for nationals from 42.7 per cent in Bulgaria to one per cent in both Luxembourg and Sweden.
In 2013, the largest differences between the share of non-EU citizens and nationals aged 18 and over being severely materially deprived were observed in Greece (56.8 per cent for non-EU citizens compared with 17.6 per cent for nationals, or +39.2 percentage points), followed by Belgium (+28.8 pp), Portugal (+20.9 pp) and France (+20.4 pp).
On the contrary, the smallest differences were recorded in Malta (8.6 per cent for non-EU citizens compared with 9.1 per cent for nationals, or -0.5 percentage points), Luxembourg (+2.7 pp) and the Netherlands (+3.4 pp).
At EU28 level, the difference between the severe material deprivation rate for non-EU citizens (20.7 per cent) and for nationals (8.9 per cent) was 11.8 pp in 2013.
The overcrowding rate was much higher for non-EU citizens aged 18 and over than for nationals and citizens of other EU states. In Italy (55.7 per cent), Croatia (52.4) and Greece (51.3), a majority of non-EU citizens lived in an overcrowded household in 2013.
The proportion was below 10 per cent in the Netherlands (4.6%), Cyprus (5.5%) and Malta (8.6%).