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Poland: Severe material and social deprivation rate

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

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

Country overview

Poland

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

Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

2.00 Percent of people

European ranking

22 / 23

Improved by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-4.0 puntos

Poland is 4.0 points below the European average.

EU: 6.04

Affected population

≈ 0.73 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 2.00 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 6.01 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Zachodniopomorskie

    +100.00

    4.00

  2. 2

    Kujawsko-Pomorskie

    +85.00

    3.70

  3. 3

    Pomorskie

    +60.00

    3.20

  4. 4

    Wielkopolskie

    +30.00

    2.60

  5. 5

    Łódzkie

    +15.00

    2.30

  6. 6

    Warmińsko-Mazurskie

    +15.00

    2.30

  7. 7

    Lubuskie

    +5.00

    2.10

  8. 8

    Świętokrzyskie

    +5.00

    2.10

  9. 9

    Dolnośląskie

    +5.00

    2.10

  10. 10

    Podlaskie

    —

    2.00

  11. 11

    Podkarpackie

    —

    2.00

  12. 12

    Lubelskie

    -5.00

    1.90

  13. 13

    Śląskie

    -10.00

    1.80

  14. 14

    Warszawski stołeczny

    -45.00

    1.10

  15. 15

    Mazowiecki regionalny

    -50.00

    1.00

  16. 16

    Opolskie

    -60.00

    0.80

  17. 17

    Małopolskie

    -60.00

    0.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Poland

In Poland, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 2.0% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 4.0 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Poland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.60% in 2020 to 2.00% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.30% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Poland

In Poland, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 17 comparable regions, Zachodniopomorskie records the highest value (4%) and Małopolskie the lowest (0.8%), a gap of 3.2 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.