EU 11.38
· European ranking
5 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Spain: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
15.40% of people
EU 11.38 · +4.0 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
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 19 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+61.69
24.90
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2+40.91
21.70
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3+35.71
20.90
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4+29.87
20.00
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5+24.03
19.10
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6+20.78
18.60
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7+5.19
16.20
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8-7.79
14.20
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9-10.39
13.80
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10-12.99
13.40
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11-14.29
13.20
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12-16.23
12.90
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13-21.43
12.10
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14-22.73
11.90
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15-30.52
10.70
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16-33.77
10.20
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17-42.21
8.90
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18-46.75
8.20
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19-52.60
7.30
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Spain performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Spain
In Spain, Material deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 15.4% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 4.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Spain, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 15.40% in 2020 to 15.40% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 16.00% in 2024 to 15.40% in 2025, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Regional differences in Spain
In Spain, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 19 comparable regions, Ciudad de Ceuta records the highest value (24.9%) and Illes Balears the lowest (7.3%), a gap of 17.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Spain, 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. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.