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Greece: Severe material and social deprivation rate

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

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

Country overview

Greece

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

Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

14.90 Percent of people

European ranking

3 / 23

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

+8.9 puntos

Greece is 8.9 points above the European average.

EU: 6.04

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 14.90 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

    Ionia Nisia

    +56.40

    23.30

  2. 2

    Kentriki Makedonia

    +29.50

    19.30

  3. 3

    Peloponnisos

    +15.40

    17.20

  4. 4

    Attiki

    +6.70

    15.90

  5. 5

    Notio Aigaio

    +4.70

    15.60

  6. 6

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    +3.40

    15.40

  7. 7

    Dytiki Makedonia

    -9.40

    13.50

  8. 8

    Dytiki Ellada

    -19.50

    12.00

  9. 9

    Sterea Ellada

    -22.10

    11.60

  10. 10

    Thessalia

    -34.90

    9.70

  11. 11

    Kriti

    -38.90

    9.10

  12. 12

    Voreio Aigaio

    -45.60

    8.10

  13. 13

    Ipeiros

    -51.70

    7.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe 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, Severe deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 14.9% versus 6.0% in 2025, a large gap of 8.9 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 14.90% in 2020 to 14.90% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 14.00% in 2024 to 14.90% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 13 comparable regions, Ionia Nisia records the highest value (23.3%) and Ipeiros the lowest (7.2%), a gap of 16.1 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.