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Denmark: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Denmark

Latest value

· 2025

4.50% of people

EU 6.01 · -1.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

12 / 23

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

6.0M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Severe material and social deprivation rate TESPM030

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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.

  1. 1

    Midtjylland

    +11.11

    5.00

  2. 2

    Sjælland

    +8.89

    4.90

  3. 3

    Hovedstaden

    -2.22

    4.40

  4. 4

    Syddanmark

    -4.44

    4.30

  5. 5

    Nordjylland

    -28.89

    3.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Denmark

In Denmark, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.5% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Denmark, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 3.50% in 2020 to 4.50% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 4.00% in 2024 to 4.50% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Denmark

In Denmark, regional values for Severe deprivation are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Midtjylland records the highest value (5%) and Nordjylland the lowest (3.2%), a gap of 1.8 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.