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Italy: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Latest value

· 2025

5.20% of people

EU 6.01 · -0.8 pp vs Europe

European ranking

9 / 23

Up 2 positions compared with previous year

Population

58.9M

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 · 21 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +184.62

    14.80

  2. 2
    +92.31

    10.00

  3. 3

    Sicilia

    +80.77

    9.40

  4. 4

    Puglia

    +78.85

    9.30

  5. 5

    Toscana

    +23.08

    6.40

  6. 6

    Abruzzo

    +1.92

    5.30

  7. 7
    -13.46

    4.50

  8. 8
    -15.38

    4.40

  9. 9
    -23.08

    4.00

  10. 10

    Liguria

    -25.00

    3.90

  11. 11
    -28.85

    3.70

  12. 12

    Veneto

    -59.62

    2.10

  13. 13

    Lazio

    -61.54

    2.00

  14. 14

    Umbria

    -65.38

    1.80

  15. 15
    -67.31

    1.70

  16. 16

    Marche

    -71.15

    1.50

  17. 17
    -76.92

    1.20

  18. 18
    -78.85

    1.10

  19. 19
    -84.62

    0.80

  20. 20

    Molise

    -86.54

    0.70

  21. 21
    -100.00

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More context on this indicator

At a glance

Italy 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 is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Italy

In Italy, Severe deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 5.2% versus 6.0% in 2025, a gap of 0.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.20% in 2020 to 5.20% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 4.60% in 2024 to 5.20% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.

Regional differences in Italy

In Italy, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Calabria records the highest value (14.8%) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (0%), a gap of 14.8 percentage points.

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.