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Portugal: Material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
Portugal
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
10.20 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-1.2 puntos
Portugal is 1.2 points below the European average.
EU: 11.38
Affected population
≈ 1.10 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Portugal
In Portugal, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 10.2% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Portugal, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 12.70% in 2020 to 10.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.00% in 2024 to 10.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Portugal, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.