European ranking
19 / 29
Improved by 4 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
7.60 Percent of people
European ranking
19 / 29
Improved by 4 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
-3.8 puntos
Cyprus is 3.8 points below the European average.
EU: 11.38
Affected population
≈ 0.07 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Cyprus performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
In Cyprus, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 7.6% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.8 percentage points.
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 11.80% in 2020 to 7.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 9.00% in 2024 to 7.60% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Cyprus, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.