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Greece: Material and social deprivation rate

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

Country: Greece Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Greece

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

Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

30.10 Percent of people

European ranking

1 / 29

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

+18.2 puntos

Greece is 18.2 points above the European average.

EU: 11.85

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 30.10 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 11.38 Percent of people

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Ionia Nisia

    +50.20

    45.20

  2. 2

    Peloponnisos

    +17.30

    35.30

  3. 3

    Kentriki Makedonia

    +15.60

    34.80

  4. 4

    Dytiki Ellada

    +13.00

    34.00

  5. 5

    Notio Aigaio

    +3.30

    31.10

  6. 6

    Attiki

    +0.30

    30.20

  7. 7

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    -1.70

    29.60

  8. 8

    Dytiki Makedonia

    -8.60

    27.50

  9. 9

    Sterea Ellada

    -10.30

    27.00

  10. 10

    Thessalia

    -18.60

    24.50

  11. 11

    Kriti

    -25.90

    22.30

  12. 12

    Voreio Aigaio

    -34.60

    19.70

  13. 13

    Ipeiros

    -43.90

    16.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Greece

In Greece, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 30.1% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 18.7 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 30.70% in 2020 to 30.10% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 29.10% in 2024 to 30.10% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Ionia Nisia records the highest value (45.2%) and Ipeiros the lowest (16.9%), a gap of 28.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Greece, Quality of Life & Household Conditions shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.