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Portugal: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Portugal

Latest value

· 2025

4.30% of people

EU 6.01 · -1.7 pp vs Europe

European ranking

13 / 23

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.7M

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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· 2025 · 9 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    +55.81

    6.70

  2. 2

    Oeste e Vale do Tejo

    +39.53

    6.00

  3. 3

    Grande Lisboa

    +18.60

    5.10

  4. 4

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    +16.28

    5.00

  5. 5

    Península de Setúbal

    +2.33

    4.40

  6. 6

    Norte

    -6.98

    4.00

  7. 7

    Centro (PT)

    -18.60

    3.50

  8. 8

    Algarve

    -34.88

    2.80

  9. 9

    Alentejo

    -44.19

    2.40

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate 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 Portugal

In Portugal, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.3% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 1.7 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Portugal, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.40% in 2020 to 4.30% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 4.30% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Portugal

In Portugal, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 9 comparable regions, Região Autónoma dos Açores records the highest value (6.7%) and Alentejo the lowest (2.4%), a gap of 4.3 percentage points.

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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.