EU regions (NUTS 2) by severe material and social deprivation rate
Sud-Est had the highest severe material and social deprivation rate of 234 regions in 2022, at 34%. Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 5.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 6.7%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sud-Est | 34 | -4.1 pts |
| 2 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 29.6 | +7.8 pts |
| 3 | Sud-Muntenia | 28.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 4 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 26.9 | +3.1 pts |
| 5 | Nord-Est | 24.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 6 | Dytiki Elláda | 24.1 | -2.7 pts |
| 7 | Centru | 23.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 8 | Yugoiztochen | 23.2 | -2.8 pts |
| 9 | Severen tsentralen | 22.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 10 | Peloponnisos | 22.4 | +3.2 pts |
| 11 | Severozapaden | 19.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 12 | Nord-Vest | 18.9 | +3.2 pts |
| 13 | Vest | 18 | +0.8 pts |
| 14 | Guyane | 17 | |
| 14 | Ionia Nisia | 17 | +8.5 pts |
| 16 | Észak-Magyarország | 16.9 | -3.8 pts |
| 17 | Ceuta | 16.8 | -6.5 pts |
| 18 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 16.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 19 | Melilla | 15.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 20 | Kentriki Makedonia | 15.5 | 0 pts |
| 21 | Sterea Elláda | 15.4 | +3.7 pts |
| 22 | Severoiztochen | 15.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 23 | Campania | 14 | -1.2 pts |
| 23 | La Réunion | 14 | |
| 25 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 12.5 | -1.5 pts |
| 25 | Attiki | 12.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 27 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 12.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 28 | Notio Aigaio | 12.2 | +5.2 pts |
| 29 | Martinique | 12.1 | |
| 30 | Guadeloupe | 12 | |
| 30 | Voreio Aigaio | 12 | +2 pts |
| 32 | Canary Islands | 11.9 | -3.8 pts |
| 33 | Calabria | 11.8 | +6.3 pts |
| 33 | Észak-Alföld | 11.8 | -1 pts |
| 33 | Kassel | 11.8 | +4.1 pts |
| 36 | Andalusia | 11.3 | +1 pts |
| 36 | Prov. Hainaut | 11.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 38 | Dél-Dunántúl | 11.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 38 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 11.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 40 | Yugozapaden | 11.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 41 | Kriti | 10.9 | -6.1 pts |
| 42 | Arnsberg | 10.7 | +5.2 pts |
| 43 | Abruzzo | 10.4 | -3.9 pts |
| 43 | Bremen | 10.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 45 | Dytiki Makedonia | 10.2 | +2.7 pts |
| 46 | Thessalia | 10.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 47 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 9.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 48 | Extremadura | 9.7 | +2.1 pts |
| 49 | Düsseldorf | 9.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 50 | Castilla-La Mancha | 9.3 | +1.8 pts |
| 51 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 9.2 | |
| 52 | Pest | 8.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 53 | Champagne-Ardenne | 8.8 | |
| 53 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 8.8 | |
| 53 | Východné Slovensko | 8.8 | +1 pts |
| 56 | Picardie | 8.5 | |
| 57 | Corse | 8.4 | |
| 57 | Haute-Normandie | 8.4 | |
| 57 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 8.4 | +4.1 pts |
| 60 | Hannover | 8.1 | +3.3 pts |
| 60 | Köln | 8.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 62 | Catalonia | 8 | -1 pts |
| 62 | Lorraine | 8 | |
| 64 | Koblenz | 7.9 | +2.8 pts |
| 65 | Latvija | 7.8 | +2.5 pts |
| 65 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 7.8 | |
| 65 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 7.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 68 | Centre - Val de Loire | 7.7 | |
| 69 | Bourgogne | 7.6 | |
| 69 | Dél-Alföld | 7.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 69 | Limousin | 7.6 | |
| 72 | Basse-Normandie | 7.5 | |
| 72 | Stredné Slovensko | 7.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 74 | Auvergne | 7.4 | |
| 74 | Franche-Comté | 7.4 | |
| 74 | Hamburg | 7.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 74 | Ile-de-France | 7.4 | |
| 78 | Alsace | 7.3 | |
| 79 | Braunschweig | 7.2 | +2.1 pts |
| 79 | Midi-Pyrénées | 7.2 | |
| 79 | Poitou-Charentes | 7.2 | |
| 82 | Valencian Community | 7.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 83 | Aquitaine | 7 | |
| 83 | Darmstadt | 7 | +1.1 pts |
| 83 | Lüneburg | 7 | +3.5 pts |
| 83 | Puglia | 7 | -2.2 pts |
| 87 | Rhône-Alpes | 6.9 | |
| 87 | Weser-Ems | 6.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 89 | Pays de la Loire | 6.7 | |
| 89 | Sardegna | 6.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 91 | Bretagne | 6.6 | |
| 91 | Thüringen | 6.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 93 | Budapest | 6.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 93 | Community of Madrid | 6.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 93 | Gießen | 6.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 96 | Mittelfranken | 6.4 | +3 pts |
| 96 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 6.4 | +1 pts |
| 98 | Detmold | 6.3 | +1.7 pts |
| 98 | Galicia | 6.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 98 | Norte | 6.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 98 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 6.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 102 | Prov. Namur | 6.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 103 | Panonska Hrvatska | 6.1 | +1 pts |
| 103 | Sicilia | 6.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 105 | Münster | 6 | +2.1 pts |
| 106 | Karlsruhe | 5.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 106 | Northern and Western | 5.9 | +2 pts |
| 108 | Saarland | 5.8 | +2.8 pts |
| 109 | Schleswig-Holstein | 5.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 109 | Southern | 5.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Molise | 5.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 111 | Navarre | 5.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 113 | Balearic Islands | 5.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 113 | Közép-Dunántúl | 5.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 115 | Severozápad | 5.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 115 | Sostinės regionas | 5.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 117 | Prov. Liège | 5.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 117 | Region of Murcia | 5.3 | -4.9 pts |
| 119 | Friesland (NL) | 5.2 | +3.7 pts |
| 119 | Stuttgart | 5.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 121 | Berlin | 5.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 121 | Oberfranken | 5.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 121 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 5.1 | +2 pts |
| 124 | Algarve | 5 | -1.1 pts |
| 124 | Cantabria | 5 | -0.3 pts |
| 124 | Castile and León | 5 | -1.1 pts |
| 124 | Tübingen | 5 | +1.3 pts |
| 128 | Basilicata | 4.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 128 | Malta | 4.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 128 | Unterfranken | 4.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 131 | Eastern and Midland | 4.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 131 | Ipeiros | 4.8 | -6.9 pts |
| 133 | Aragon | 4.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 133 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 4.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 135 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 4.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 135 | Západné Slovensko | 4.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 137 | Brandenburg | 4.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 137 | Prov. Antwerpen | 4.5 | -2.2 pts |
| 139 | Asturias | 4.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 139 | Łódzkie | 4.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 139 | Sydsverige | 4.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 139 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 4.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 143 | Freiburg | 4.2 | +1 pts |
| 144 | Syddanmark | 4.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 144 | Wien | 4.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 146 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 3.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 146 | La Rioja | 3.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 146 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 3.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 149 | Liguria | 3.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 150 | Basque Country | 3.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 150 | Oberbayern | 3.7 | +1 pts |
| 152 | Vorarlberg | 3.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 153 | Noord-Holland | 3.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 153 | Nordjylland | 3.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 153 | Sjælland | 3.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 156 | Oberpfalz | 3.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 156 | Zachodniopomorskie | 3.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 158 | Chemnitz | 3.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 158 | Eesti | 3.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 158 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 3.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 161 | Lubelskie | 3.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 161 | Piemonte | 3.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 161 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 3.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 161 | Steiermark | 3.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 161 | Trier | 3.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 166 | Bratislavský kraj | 3.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 166 | Lubuskie | 3.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 166 | Niederbayern | 3.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 169 | Flevoland | 3 | +1 pts |
| 169 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 3 | -0.5 pts |
| 171 | Moravskoslezsko | 2.9 | 0 pts |
| 171 | Östra Mellansverige | 2.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 171 | Pomorskie | 2.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 171 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 2.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 175 | Drenthe | 2.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 175 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 2.8 | +1.7 pts |
| 175 | Midtjylland | 2.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 175 | Podkarpackie | 2.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 175 | Śląskie | 2.8 | -1 pts |
| 180 | Hovedstaden | 2.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 180 | Kýpros | 2.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 180 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 2.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 180 | Schwaben | 2.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Groningen | 2.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Lazio | 2.6 | -2.2 pts |
| 186 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 2.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 187 | Dolnośląskie | 2.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 187 | Świętokrzyskie | 2.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 187 | Wielkopolskie | 2.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 190 | Leipzig | 2.3 | -2.8 pts |
| 190 | Podlaskie | 2.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 192 | Grad Zagreb | 2.2 | 0 pts |
| 192 | Kärnten | 2.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 192 | Limburg (NL) | 2.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 192 | Veneto | 2.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 196 | Dresden | 2.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 196 | Marche | 2.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 196 | Småland med öarna | 2.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 196 | Warszawski stołeczny | 2.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 200 | Etelä-Suomi | 2 | +0.6 pts |
| 200 | Luxembourg Series break | 2 | -0.4 pts |
| 200 | Małopolskie | 2 | +0.3 pts |
| 200 | Västsverige | 2 | +0.8 pts |
| 204 | Gelderland | 1.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 204 | Praha | 1.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 204 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 1.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 207 | Jihovýchod | 1.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 208 | Jihozápad | 1.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 208 | Noord-Brabant | 1.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 208 | Opolskie | 1.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 208 | Tirol | 1.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 212 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 1.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 212 | Niederösterreich | 1.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 212 | Toscana | 1.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 215 | Lombardia | 1.5 | -4 pts |
| 215 | Mellersta Norrland | 1.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 215 | Stockholm | 1.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 218 | Overijssel | 1.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 218 | Severovýchod | 1.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 218 | Střední Morava | 1.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 221 | Övre Norrland | 1.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 222 | Burgenland | 1.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 222 | Norra Mellansverige | 1.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 222 | Umbria | 1.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 225 | Zeeland | 1.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 226 | Emilia-Romagna | 1 | +0.1 pts |
| 226 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 1 | +0.1 pts |
| 226 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 1 | -1.1 pts |
| 229 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 0.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 229 | Zahodna Slovenija | 0.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 231 | Střední Čechy | 0.8 | 0 pts |
| 232 | Oberösterreich | 0.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 233 | Salzburg | 0.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 234 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 0 | -0.5 pts |
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About this ranking
Share of the population that cannot afford at least 7 of 13 deprivation items (EU-SILC).
More on how it is measured
- The 13 items are 7 for the household (facing unexpected expenses, a one-week holiday away from home, avoiding arrears on rent, mortgage, utility bills or loans, a meal with meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day, keeping the home adequately warm, a car, replacing worn-out furniture) and 6 for the person (an internet connection, replacing worn-out clothes, two pairs of properly fitting shoes, spending a small amount of money each week on oneself, regular leisure activities, getting together with friends or family for a drink or meal at least once a month).
One of the three components of the EU at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion measure (Europe 2030 target), from 2015. It measures what people cannot afford, not income: at_risk_of_poverty_rate is the income measure. The broader rate (5 or more items) is material_social_deprivation_rate.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Which region has the highest severe material and social deprivation rate?
Sud-Est, with 34% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest severe material and social deprivation rate?
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen, with 0% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Severe material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region (ilc_mdsd18). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 regions have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.
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