Severe material deprivation rate by most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over) by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
30.1
North Macedonia
Lowest
0.9
Switzerland
Median
6.5
Years covered
18
2003–2020
Data points
639

What the numbers show

Severe material deprivation rate by most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 30.1 in North Macedonia; the lowest is 0.9 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5, and the mean is 7.64.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 80.7%).

Severe material deprivation rate by most frequent activity status: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 30.1 2020 down 27.5% falling
2 Greece 23 2020 up 29.9% rising
3 Bulgaria 22 2020 down 51.1% falling
4 Romania 17.7 2020 down 42.2% falling
5 Montenegro 14.8 2020 up 41.0% flat
6 Serbia 13 2020 down 55.0% falling
7 Cyprus 10.9 2020 down 34.7% rising
8 Spain 9.9 2020 up 50.0% rising
9 Hungary 8.3 2020 down 67.5% falling
10 Lithuania 8.1 2020 down 60.1% falling
11 Germany 8 2020 up 42.9% falling
12 Slovakia 7.7 2020 down 45.0% falling
13 Latvia 7.6 2020 down 72.8% falling
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.4 2018 down 22.9% rising
15 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 7.3 2020 down 2.7% falling
16 Italy 6.7 2020 down 23.9% rising
17 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 6.6 2019 down 36.5% falling
17 France 6.6 2020 down 19.5% falling
19 Finland 6.4 2020 up 42.2% falling
19 Ireland 6.4 2020 up 12.3% rising
21 Belgium 5.3 2020 down 26.4% falling
22 Croatia 4.9 2020 down 70.3% falling
23 Denmark 4.6 2020 up 7.0% falling
24 Portugal 4.5 2020 down 50.0% falling
25 Estonia 3.4 2020 down 62.6% falling
26 Czechia 3.3 2020 down 55.4% falling
27 Poland 2.9 2020 down 80.7% volatile
28 Luxembourg 2.7 2020 up 200.0% rising
29 Slovenia 2.4 2020 down 61.3% falling
30 Norway 2.3 2020 down 42.5% falling
31 Austria 2.2 2020 down 55.1% falling
32 Netherlands 2.1 2020 down 55.3% flat
32 Sweden 2.1 2020 down 30.0% falling
34 Malta 1.8 2020 down 78.8% volatile
35 Iceland 1 2020 down 28.6% volatile
36 Switzerland 0.9 2020 down 50.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Severe material deprivation rate by most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
42 places, 639 data points, 2003–2020
Last refreshed