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Germany: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.60% of people
EU 6.01 · -0.4 pp vs Europe
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 · 38 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+94.64
10.90
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2+48.21
8.30
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3+33.93
7.50
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4+30.36
7.30
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4+30.36
7.30
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6+28.57
7.20
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7+25.00
7.00
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7+25.00
7.00
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9+21.43
6.80
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10+17.86
6.60
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11+16.07
6.50
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12+12.50
6.30
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13+10.71
6.20
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14+8.93
6.10
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14+8.93
6.10
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16+7.14
6.00
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17+0.00
5.60
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17+0.00
5.60
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17+0.00
5.60
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20-1.79
5.50
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20-1.79
5.50
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22-3.57
5.40
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23-7.14
5.20
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23-7.14
5.20
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23-7.14
5.20
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26-10.71
5.00
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27-16.07
4.70
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28-19.64
4.50
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29-21.43
4.40
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30-32.14
3.80
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31-37.50
3.50
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32-39.29
3.40
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32-39.29
3.40
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34-44.64
3.10
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35-46.43
3.00
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36-48.21
2.90
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37-60.71
2.20
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38-71.43
1.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Severe deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 5.6% versus 6.0% in 2025, a gap of 0.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.40% in 2020 to 5.60% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 6.20% in 2024 to 5.60% in 2025, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Regional differences in Germany
In Germany, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 38 comparable regions, Bremen records the highest value (10.9%) and Oberpfalz the lowest (1.6%), a gap of 9.3 percentage points.
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.