EU 11.38
· European ranking
12 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Germany: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.70% of people
EU 11.38 · -0.7 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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Internal regions
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More context on this indicator
At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Material deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 10.7% versus 11.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 9.10% in 2020 to 10.70% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.40% in 2024 to 10.70% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Germany, 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.