In 2023, 6.8% of the EU inhabitants confronted extreme materials and social deprivation. The share barely elevated in contrast with 2022 (6.7%).
Amongst EU international locations, the extreme materials and social deprivation charges different extensively. Romania recorded the very best price at 19.8%, adopted by Bulgaria (18.0%), Greece (13.5%), Hungary (10.4%) and Spain (9.0%).
Against this, Slovenia (2.0%), Cyprus (2.4%), Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia (all at 2.5%) reported the bottom charges.
Supply dataset: ilc_mdsd11
For extra data
- Statistics Defined article on residing circumstances in Europe – materials deprivation and financial pressure
- Thematic part on earnings and residing circumstances
- Database on earnings and residing circumstances
Methodological notes
- Materials and social deprivation refers back to the incapacity to afford a set of particular items, companies or social actions which might be thought of by most individuals important for an enough high quality of life. Individuals unable to afford 7 or extra of those are in extreme materials and social deprivation.
- The extreme materials and social deprivation indicator (SMSD) is a part of the vulnerable to poverty or social exclusion price (AROPE).