EU 11.38
· European ranking
13 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Portugal: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.20% of people
EU 11.38 · -1.2 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
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At a glance
Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Portugal
In Portugal, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 10.2% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Portugal, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 12.70% in 2020 to 10.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 11.00% in 2024 to 10.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Portugal, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.