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Netherlands: Material and social deprivation rate

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

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

Country overview

Netherlands

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

Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

5.90 Percent of people

European ranking

24 / 29

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-6.0 puntos

Netherlands is 6.0 points below the European average.

EU: 11.85

Affected population

≈ 1.06 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 5.90 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 11.38 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Zuid-Holland Zuid

    +35.60

    8.00

  2. 2

    Overijssel

    +25.40

    7.40

  3. 3

    Noord-Holland

    +13.60

    6.70

  4. 4

    Noord-Brabant

    +11.90

    6.60

  5. 5

    Zuid-Holland Centraal

    +6.80

    6.30

  6. 6

    Gelderland

    -1.70

    5.80

  7. 7

    Limburg (NL)

    -30.50

    4.10

  8. 8

    Friesland (NL)

    -30.50

    4.10

  9. 9

    Drenthe

    -52.50

    2.80

  10. 10

    Zeeland

    -54.20

    2.70

  11. 11

    Flevoland

    -59.30

    2.40

  12. 12

    Groningen

    -69.50

    1.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Netherlands

In Netherlands, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 5.9% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 5.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.80% in 2020 to 5.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 6.10% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Netherlands

In Netherlands, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 12 comparable regions, Zuid-Holland Zuid records the highest value (8%) and Groningen the lowest (1.8%), a gap of 6.2 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Netherlands, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.