Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2025, Germany's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 9.7% compared to 2024, reaching 11.2.

Germany accounts for 88.9% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.

Germany ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.3% (from 8.80 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.