Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
28.6%
North Macedonia
Lowest
1.0%
Iceland
Median
5.0%
Years covered
18
2003–2020
Data points
613

What the numbers show

Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 28.6% in North Macedonia; the lowest is 1.0% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 7.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 240.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 81.7%).

Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 28.6% 2020 down 30.1% falling
2 Türkiye 27.4% 2020 down 53.8% falling
3 Bulgaria 19.4% 2020 down 57.5% falling
4 Greece 16.6% 2020 up 43.1% rising
5 Romania 15.2% 2020 down 50.2% falling
6 Serbia 14.7% 2020 down 45.4% falling
7 Montenegro 13.5% 2020 up 7.1% flat
8 Cyprus 8.7% 2020 down 22.3% falling
9 Hungary 7.8% 2020 down 63.9% falling
10 Lithuania 7.7% 2020 down 61.3% falling
11 Latvia 7.3% 2020 down 73.6% falling
12 Spain 7.0% 2020 up 42.9% rising
13 Croatia 6.9% 2020 down 51.7% falling
14 Italy 5.9% 2020 down 20.3% rising
14 Slovakia 5.9% 2020 down 48.2% falling
16 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 5.7% 2020 down 1.7% falling
17 Germany 5.6% 2020 up 24.4% falling
18 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 5.3% 2019 down 39.1% falling
19 France 5.0% 2020 down 13.8% falling
20 United Kingdom 4.6% 2018 up 2.2% rising
20 Portugal 4.6% 2020 down 48.9% falling
22 Ireland 4.3% 2020 down 24.6% rising
23 Belgium 4.0% 2020 down 32.2% falling
24 Malta 3.3% 2020 down 49.2% falling
25 Slovenia 3.0% 2020 down 49.2% falling
26 Estonia 2.7% 2020 down 70.0% falling
26 Austria 2.7% 2020 down 37.2% falling
28 Poland 2.6% 2020 down 81.7% volatile
28 Finland 2.6% 2020 down 7.1% falling
30 Denmark 2.4% 2020 down 11.1% rising
30 Czechia 2.4% 2020 down 61.3% falling
32 Netherlands 2.1% 2020 down 4.5% rising
33 Norway 2.0% 2020 unchanged falling
34 Sweden 1.8% 2020 down 5.3% falling
35 Luxembourg 1.7% 2020 up 240.0% rising
36 Switzerland 1.3% 2020 down 23.5% rising
37 Iceland 1.0% 2020 down 44.4% falling

About this data

Indicator
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
43 places, 613 data points, 2003–2020
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