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Denmark: Severe material and social deprivation rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Denmark Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Denmark

Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

4.50 Percent of people

European ranking

12 / 23

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-1.5 puntos

Denmark is 1.5 points below the European average.

EU: 6.04

Affected population

≈ 0.27 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.50 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 6.01 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Midtjylland

    +11.10

    5.00

  2. 2

    Sjælland

    +8.90

    4.90

  3. 3

    Hovedstaden

    -2.20

    4.40

  4. 4

    Syddanmark

    -4.40

    4.30

  5. 5

    Nordjylland

    -28.90

    3.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Denmark

In Denmark, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.5% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Denmark, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 3.50% in 2020 to 4.50% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 4.00% in 2024 to 4.50% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Denmark

In Denmark, regional values for Severe deprivation are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Midtjylland records the highest value (5%) and Nordjylland the lowest (3.2%), a gap of 1.8 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Denmark, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.