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Greece: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Latest value

· 2025

14.90% of people

EU 6.01 · +8.9 pp vs Europe

European ranking

3 / 23

No change compared with previous year

Population

10.4M

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 · 13 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +56.38

    23.30

  2. 2
    +29.53

    19.30

  3. 3
    +15.44

    17.20

  4. 4

    Attiki

    +6.71

    15.90

  5. 5
    +4.70

    15.60

  6. 6
    +3.36

    15.40

  7. 7
    -9.40

    13.50

  8. 8
    -19.46

    12.00

  9. 9
    -22.15

    11.60

  10. 10
    -34.90

    9.70

  11. 11

    Kriti

    -38.93

    9.10

  12. 12
    -45.64

    8.10

  13. 13

    Ipeiros

    -51.68

    7.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe 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, Severe deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 14.9% versus 6.0% in 2025, a large gap of 8.9 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 14.90% in 2020 to 14.90% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 14.00% in 2024 to 14.90% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 13 comparable regions, Ionia Nisia records the highest value (23.3%) and Ipeiros the lowest (7.2%), a gap of 16.1 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.