European ranking
13 / 29
Worsened by 4 positions since the previous year
Italy: Material and social deprivation rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Italy
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
10.10 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-1.3 puntos
Italy is 1.3 points below the European average.
EU: 11.38
Affected population
≈ 5.95 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 10.1% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 11.00% in 2020 to 10.10% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 8.50% in 2024 to 10.10% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, 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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.