ES EN

Italy: Severe material and social deprivation rate

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

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

Country overview

Italy

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

Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

5.20 Percent of people

European ranking

9 / 23

Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-0.8 puntos

Italy is 0.8 points below the European average.

EU: 6.04

Affected population

≈ 3.07 million people affected

Year: 2025

Explore this indicator

Map preview

Open map
Loading map preview...

Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 5.20 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 6.01 Percent of people

Internal regions

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

Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Calabria

    +184.60

    14.80

  2. 2

    Campania

    +92.30

    10.00

  3. 3

    Sicilia

    +80.80

    9.40

  4. 4

    Puglia

    +78.80

    9.30

  5. 5

    Toscana

    +23.10

    6.40

  6. 6

    Abruzzo

    +1.90

    5.30

  7. 7

    Basilicata

    -13.50

    4.50

  8. 8

    Lombardia

    -15.40

    4.40

  9. 9

    Sardegna

    -23.10

    4.00

  10. 10

    Liguria

    -25.00

    3.90

  11. 11

    Piemonte

    -28.80

    3.70

  12. 12

    Veneto

    -59.60

    2.10

  13. 13

    Lazio

    -61.50

    2.00

  14. 14

    Umbria

    -65.40

    1.80

  15. 15

    Emilia-Romagna

    -67.30

    1.70

  16. 16

    Marche

    -71.20

    1.50

  17. 17

    Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen

    -76.90

    1.20

  18. 18

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    -78.80

    1.10

  19. 19

    Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste

    -84.60

    0.80

  20. 20

    Molise

    -86.50

    0.70

  21. 21

    Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    -100.00

    --

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. 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 Italy

In Italy, Severe deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 5.2% versus 6.0% in 2025, a gap of 0.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.20% in 2020 to 5.20% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 4.60% in 2024 to 5.20% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.

Regional differences in Italy

In Italy, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Calabria records the highest value (14.8%) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (0%), a gap of 14.8 percentage points.

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.