EU 11.38
· European ranking
11 / 30
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Latvia: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
11.30% of people
EU 11.38 · -0.1 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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At a glance
Latvia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Material deprivation is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 11.3% versus 11.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 14.80% in 2020 to 11.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 10.90% in 2024 to 11.30% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, 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 improvement.