Material and Social Deprivation indicator overview
Explore editorial context for the indicator Material and Social Deprivation.
Technical indicator
Material and social deprivation rate
Eurostat datasets
ilc_mdsd09,
ilc_mdsd08
Reference year
2025
Latest source release
2026-07-08
EU
Europe
European benchmark
· 2025
11.4%
of people
30
countries in the European snapshot
Coverage
30
Countries with comparable data
Data year
2025
Reference year
Topic
Quality of Life in Europe
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European distribution
2025
· 30
countries
Medium-term movement
2020 → 2025
· 30 countries
Open trend
-
Improved
17
-
Unchanged
1
-
Worsened
12
Largest improvement
Romania
38.9 Percent of people -> 26.8 Percent of people
-12.1 Percent of people
Largest deterioration
Sweden
3.9 Percent of people -> 6.9 Percent of people
+3.0 Percent of people