Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
26,897
European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020)
Lowest
4
Iceland
Median
295.5
Years covered
18
2003–2020
Data points
648

What the numbers show

Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 26,897 in European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020); the lowest is 4 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 295.5, and the mean is 2,131.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,724.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 233.3%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 81.8%).

Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 26,897 2019 down 33.0% falling
2 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 18,996 2020 up 1.5% falling
3 Germany 4,604 2020 up 25.4% falling
4 Italy 3,492 2020 down 20.7% rising
5 Spain 3,259 2020 up 43.9% rising
6 France 3,166 2020 down 10.3% falling
7 United Kingdom 3,037 2018 up 10.9% rising
8 Romania 2,950 2020 down 52.3% falling
9 Greece 1,745 2020 up 37.5% rising
10 Bulgaria 1,348 2020 down 61.0% falling
11 Serbia, Republic of 998 2020 down 48.1% falling
12 Poland 972 2020 down 81.8% volatile
13 Hungary 743 2020 down 65.1% falling
14 North Macedonia 594 2020 down 16.7% falling
15 Portugal 470 2020 down 50.9% falling
16 Belgium 449 2020 down 28.5% falling
17 Netherlands 367 2020 up 0.3% rising
18 Slovak Republic 318 2020 down 48.8% falling
19 Croatia 273 2020 down 55.2% falling
20 Czechia 251 2020 down 61.0% falling
21 Austria 233 2020 down 34.0% falling
22 Lithuania 216 2020 down 65.4% falling
23 Ireland 212 2020 down 17.2% rising
24 Sweden 187 2020 up 5.6% falling
25 Finland 139 2020 down 7.3% falling
26 Denmark 138 2020 down 4.8% rising
27 Latvia 137 2020 down 76.3% falling
28 Switzerland 111 2020 down 11.9% falling
29 Norway 108 2020 up 10.2% falling
30 Montenegro 84 2020 up 6.3% flat
31 Cyprus 78 2020 down 15.2% rising
32 Slovenia 62 2020 down 47.9% falling
33 Estonia 35 2020 down 70.6% falling
34 Malta 17 2020 down 34.6% flat
35 Luxembourg 10 2020 up 233.3% rising
36 Iceland 4 2020 down 20.0% falling

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Indicator
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
43 places, 648 data points, 2003–2020
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