EU 11.38
· European ranking
16 / 30
Down 4 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
9.40% of people
EU 11.38 · -2.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 11 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+119.15
20.60
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2+96.81
18.50
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3+20.21
11.30
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4+2.13
9.60
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5+0.00
9.40
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6-6.38
8.80
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7-27.66
6.80
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8-29.79
6.60
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9-55.32
4.20
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10-59.57
3.80
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11-69.15
2.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Belgium 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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 9.4% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 2.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 10.90% in 2020 to 9.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.10% in 2024 to 9.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Belgium
In Belgium, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Prov. Hainaut records the highest value (20.6%) and Prov. West-Vlaanderen the lowest (2.9%), a gap of 17.7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, 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.