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Hungary: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Latest value

· 2025

8.50% of people

EU 6.01 · +2.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

5 / 23

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.5M

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 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +64.71

    14.00

  2. 2
    +60.00

    13.60

  3. 3
    +23.53

    10.50

  4. 4

    Pest

    +10.59

    9.40

  5. 5
    +5.88

    9.00

  6. 6
    -51.76

    4.10

  7. 7
    -52.94

    4.00

  8. 8
    -56.47

    3.70

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Hungary performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Hungary

In Hungary, Severe deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 8.5% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 2.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Hungary, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 10.70% in 2020 to 8.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 9.30% in 2024 to 8.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Hungary

In Hungary, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Észak-Magyarország records the highest value (14%) and Közép-Dunántúl the lowest (3.7%), a gap of 10.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Hungary, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.