Europe

Highest Severe deprivation regions in Europe

Vergleichen Sie europaische Regionen anhand des Indikators Severe material and social deprivation rate.

Indicator: severe_material_social_deprivation Year: 2025 Granularity: nuts2

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Burden ranking

Regions most affected by quality of life

Higher values indicate higher burden.

Highest burden: Sud-Est (Romania) | Lowest burden: Zeeland (Netherlands)

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Region value: 27.2
  • Country value: 16.8
  • Gap points: 10.4
  • Gap vs country (%): 61.9
  • Sud-Est recorded a value of 27.2, compared with 16.8 in Romania, a gap of 10.4 points.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

deviation

Sud-Est versus Romania

Sud-Est recorded a value of 27.2, compared with 16.8 in Romania, a gap of 10.4 points.

change

Sud-Est vs 2024

Sud-Est recorded 27.2 in 2025, compared with 26.4 in 2024, a change of 0.8 points.

outlier

Sud-Est stands out in Europe

Sud-Est shows an unusually strong deviation for Severe deprivation compared with its national benchmark.

Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Sud-Est

    27.20

    +0.80
  2. 2

    Ionia Nisia

    23.30

    -4.70
  3. 3

    Yugoiztochen

    21.10

    -1.60
  4. 4

    Kentriki Makedonia

    19.30

    +3.70
  5. 5

    Sud-Muntenia

    19.20

    -1.10
  6. 6

    Severen tsentralen

    19.10

    -2.50
  7. 7

    Yuzhen tsentralen

    18.10

    -4.00
  8. 8

    Nord-Vest

    17.40

    +1.00
  9. 9

    Peloponnisos

    17.20

    +1.20
  10. 10

    Sud-Vest Oltenia

    17.10

    -1.70
  11. 11

    Severozapaden

    16.90

    -1.00
  12. 12

    Centru

    16.80

    +1.00
  13. 13

    Attiki

    15.90

    +1.90
  14. 14

    Notio Aigaio

    15.60

    +6.00
  15. 15

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    15.40

    -6.00
  16. 16

    Nord-Est

    14.90

    -2.30
  17. 17

    Calabria

    14.80

    -10.10
  18. 18

    Severoiztochen

    14.10

    +0.20
  19. 19

    Észak-Magyarország

    14.00

    -4.10
  20. 20

    Észak-Alföld

    13.60

    -0.10
  21. 21

    Dytiki Makedonia

    13.50

    +0.20
  22. 22

    Bucureşti-Ilfov

    12.90

    +2.50
  23. 23

    Dytiki Ellada

    12.00

    -3.80
  24. 24

    Ciudad de Melilla

    11.80

    +2.40
  25. 25

    Sterea Ellada

    11.60

    -1.10

Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Severe material and social deprivation rate

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #1 Sud-Est 27.20
  2. #2 Ionia Nisia 23.30
  3. #3 Yugoiztochen 21.10
  4. #4 Kentriki Makedonia 19.30
  5. #5 Sud-Muntenia 19.20

Bottom 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #198 Zeeland 0.40
  2. #197 Drenthe 0.70
  3. #196 Groningen 0.70
  4. #195 Molise 0.70
  5. #194 Opolskie 0.80

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Notio Aigaio +6.00
  2. #2 Provincia Autonoma di Trento +5.10
  3. #3 Toscana +4.10
  4. #4 Kentriki Makedonia +3.70
  5. #5 Lombardia +2.60

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Calabria -10.10
  2. #2 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki -6.00
  3. #3 Drenthe -4.70
  4. #4 Ionia Nisia -4.70
  5. #5 Vest -4.40