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Netherlands: Material and Social Deprivation

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

Netherlands

Latest value

· 2025

5.90% of people

EU 11.38 · -5.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

25 / 30

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

18.0M

Country population · 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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Regional map

· 2025 · 12 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1

    Zuid-Holland Zuid

    +35.59

    8.00

  2. 2

    Overijssel

    +25.42

    7.40

  3. 3

    Noord-Holland

    +13.56

    6.70

  4. 4

    Noord-Brabant

    +11.86

    6.60

  5. 5

    Zuid-Holland Centraal

    +6.78

    6.30

  6. 6

    Gelderland

    -1.69

    5.80

  7. 7

    Friesland (NL)

    -30.51

    4.10

  8. 7

    Limburg (NL)

    -30.51

    4.10

  9. 9

    Drenthe

    -52.54

    2.80

  10. 10

    Zeeland

    -54.24

    2.70

  11. 11

    Flevoland

    -59.32

    2.40

  12. 12

    Groningen

    -69.49

    1.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Netherlands

In Netherlands, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 5.9% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 5.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.80% in 2020 to 5.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 6.10% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Netherlands

In Netherlands, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 12 comparable regions, Zuid-Holland Zuid records the highest value (8%) and Groningen the lowest (1.8%), a gap of 6.2 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Netherlands, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.