EU 11.38
· European ranking
1 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Greece: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
30.10% of people
EU 11.38 · +18.7 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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Regional map
· 2025 · 13 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+50.17
45.20
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2+17.28
35.30
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3+15.61
34.80
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4+12.96
34.00
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5+3.32
31.10
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6+0.33
30.20
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7-1.66
29.60
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8-8.64
27.50
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9-10.30
27.00
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10-18.60
24.50
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11-25.91
22.30
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12-34.55
19.70
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13-43.85
16.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Greece
In Greece, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 30.1% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 18.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Greece, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 30.70% in 2020 to 30.10% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 29.10% in 2024 to 30.10% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Regional differences in Greece
In Greece, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Ionia Nisia records the highest value (45.2%) and Ipeiros the lowest (16.9%), a gap of 28.3 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Greece, Quality of Life & Household Conditions shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.