EU 11.38
· European ranking
19 / 30
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Denmark: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.50% of people
EU 11.38 · -2.9 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
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Regional map
· 2025 · 5 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+17.65
10.00
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2+12.94
9.60
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3+3.53
8.80
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4-15.29
7.20
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5-18.82
6.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Denmark
In Denmark, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 8.5% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 2.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Denmark, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 6.60% in 2020 to 8.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 8.10% in 2024 to 8.50% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Denmark
In Denmark, regional values for Material deprivation are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Syddanmark records the highest value (10%) and Nordjylland the lowest (6.9%), a gap of 3.1 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Denmark, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.