European ranking
11 / 23
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Latvia: Severe material and social deprivation rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Latvia
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
4.80 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-1.2 puntos
Latvia is 1.2 points below the European average.
EU: 6.01
Affected population
≈ 0.09 million people affected
Year: 2025
Explore this indicator
Map preview
Open mapLoading map preview...
Recent trend
Open trendInternal regions
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Latvia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.8% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 1.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.00% in 2020 to 4.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 5.30% in 2024 to 4.80% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, 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.