EU 11.38
· European ranking
14 / 30
Up 4 positions compared with previous year
Italy: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.10% of people
EU 11.38 · -1.3 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
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 10.1% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 11.00% in 2020 to 10.10% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 8.50% in 2024 to 10.10% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, 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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.