Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status by country
Countries reporting
43
Highest
34.8%
Albania
Lowest
0.4%
Iceland
Median
4.5%
Years covered
11
2015–2025
Data points
469
What the numbers show
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 34.8% in Albania; the lowest is 0.4% in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.5%, and the mean is 6.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 87.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 245.5%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 76.2%).
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 34.8% | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 2 | Romania | 16.8% | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 15.0% | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 4 | Greece | 14.9% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 12.0% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 11.6% | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 7 | Montenegro | 11.0% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 10.3% | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 9 | Hungary | 8.5% | 2025 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 8.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 11 | Slovakia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 11 | Slovakia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 11 | France | 7.0% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 5.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2025 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2025 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 17 | Ireland | 5.2% | 2025 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 5.2% | 2025 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 19 | Belgium | 4.9% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 22 | Denmark | 4.5% | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 4.3% | 2025 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 24 | Malta | 4.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 3.8% | 2025 | up 245.5% | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 3.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Estonia | 3.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 3.4% | 2025 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 3.3% | 2025 | up 230.0% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 2.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Netherlands | 2.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 31 | Netherlands | 2.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 2.6% | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 31 | Norway | 2.6% | 2025 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 35 | Switzerland | 2.4% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 2.0% | 2025 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 2.0% | 2025 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 43 | Iceland | 0.4% | 2021 | down 71.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.