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Lithuania: Material and Social Deprivation

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

Latest value

ยท 2025

12.90% of people

EU 11.38 ยท +1.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

9 / 30

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

2.9M

Country population ยท 2025

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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ยท 2025 ยท 2 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +11.63

    14.40

  2. 2
    -27.13

    9.40

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Lithuania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Lithuania

In Lithuania, Material deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 12.9% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 17.10% in 2020 to 12.90% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 12.90% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.

Reading within the topic

In Lithuania, 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.