EU 13.30
· European ranking
30 / 34
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Switzerland: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
6.00% of people
EU 13.30 · -7.3 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
· 2024 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+75.00
10.50
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2+33.33
8.00
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3+6.67
6.40
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4-11.67
5.30
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5-26.67
4.40
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6-35.00
3.90
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7-36.67
3.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 6.0% versus 13.3% in 2024, a large gap of 7.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.90% in 2019 to 6.00% in 2024. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.50% in 2023 to 6.00% in 2024, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 7 comparable regions, Lake Geneva Region records the highest value (10.5%) and Zurich the lowest (3.8%), a gap of 6.7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, 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.