European ranking
28 / 29
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
4.80 Percent of people
European ranking
28 / 29
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
-7.0 puntos
Poland is 7.0 points below the European average.
EU: 11.85
Affected population
≈ 1.75 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Granularity: Regions
Pomorskie
8.40
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
7.20
Zachodniopomorskie
6.90
Lubuskie
5.90
Łódzkie
5.90
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
5.60
Wielkopolskie
5.40
Dolnośląskie
5.00
Podkarpackie
4.90
Śląskie
4.70
Podlaskie
4.60
Świętokrzyskie
4.50
Lubelskie
4.00
Mazowiecki regionalny
2.90
Warszawski stołeczny
2.80
Opolskie
2.60
Małopolskie
2.60
Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Poland, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 4.8% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 6.6 percentage points.
In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.40% in 2020 to 4.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 5.50% in 2024 to 4.80% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Poland, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 17 comparable regions, Pomorskie records the highest value (8.4%) and Małopolskie the lowest (2.6%), a gap of 5.8 percentage points.
In Poland, 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. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.