EU 11.38
· European ranking
4 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Turkey: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
23.20% of people
EU 11.38 · +11.8 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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More context on this indicator
At a glance
Turkey performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 23.2% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 11.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 29.60% in 2020 to 23.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 25.30% in 2024 to 23.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Turkey, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.