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Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Germany: Material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
Germany
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
10.70 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-0.7 puntos
Germany is 0.7 points below the European average.
EU: 11.38
Affected population
≈ 8.94 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Material deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 10.7% versus 11.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 9.10% in 2020 to 10.70% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.40% in 2024 to 10.70% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Germany, 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.