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 2023, at 30.8%. Flevoland had the lowest, at 0.6%. The median was 5.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 6.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sud-Est | 30.8 | -3.2 pts |
| 2 | Guyane | 27.2 | +10.2 pts |
| 3 | Severen tsentralen | 25 | +2.2 pts |
| 4 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 24.8 | -4.8 pts |
| 5 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 23.9 | -3 pts |
| 6 | Sud-Muntenia | 23.7 | -5.1 pts |
| 7 | Yugoiztochen | 22.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 8 | Észak-Magyarország | 21 | +4.1 pts |
| 9 | Calabria | 20.7 | +8.9 pts |
| 10 | Dytiki Elláda | 20.2 | -3.9 pts |
| 11 | Centru | 19.2 | -4.1 pts |
| 12 | Ceuta | 19.1 | +2.3 pts |
| 13 | Severozapaden | 19 | -0.3 pts |
| 14 | Nord-Est | 18.3 | -6.1 pts |
| 15 | Peloponnisos | 17.9 | -4.5 pts |
| 16 | Nord-Vest | 16.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 17 | Kentriki Makedonia | 15.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 18 | Dél-Dunántúl | 15.1 | +3.9 pts |
| 18 | Severoiztochen | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 20 | Dytiki Makedonia | 15 | +4.8 pts |
| 21 | Ionia Nisia | 14.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 22 | Attiki | 14.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 23 | La Réunion | 14.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 24 | Bremen | 14 | +3.6 pts |
| 24 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 14 | +2.8 pts |
| 26 | Vest | 13.7 | -4.3 pts |
| 27 | Észak-Alföld | 13.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 28 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 12.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 28 | Andalusia | 12.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 30 | Guadeloupe | 12.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 31 | Campania | 12.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 32 | Prov. Hainaut | 12 | +0.7 pts |
| 32 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 12 | +2.2 pts |
| 34 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 11.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 35 | Východné Slovensko | 11.5 | +2.7 pts |
| 36 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 11.1 | -5.2 pts |
| 37 | Canary Islands | 11 | -0.9 pts |
| 37 | Martinique | 11 | -1.1 pts |
| 39 | Pest | 10.8 | +1.9 pts |
| 40 | Kriti | 10.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 40 | Yugozapaden | 10.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 42 | Puglia | 10 | +3 pts |
| 43 | Melilla | 9.8 | -5.9 pts |
| 44 | Dél-Alföld | 9.7 | +2.1 pts |
| 45 | Gießen | 9.6 | +3.1 pts |
| 46 | Köln | 9.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 46 | Münster | 9.4 | +3.4 pts |
| 48 | Kassel | 9.3 | -2.5 pts |
| 48 | Voreio Aigaio | 9.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 50 | Düsseldorf | 9.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 50 | Sterea Elláda | 9.1 | -6.3 pts |
| 52 | Notio Aigaio | 9 | -3.2 pts |
| 52 | Saarland | 9 | +3.2 pts |
| 54 | Catalonia | 8.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 54 | Community of Madrid | 8.9 | +2.4 pts |
| 54 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 8.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 57 | Arnsberg | 8.8 | -1.9 pts |
| 57 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 8.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 59 | Castilla-La Mancha | 8.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 59 | Hannover | 8.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 59 | Region of Murcia | 8.5 | +3.2 pts |
| 62 | Thüringen | 8.4 | +1.8 pts |
| 63 | Abruzzo | 8.3 | -2.1 pts |
| 63 | Braunschweig | 8.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 63 | Valencian Community | 8.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 66 | Galicia | 8.2 | +1.9 pts |
| 67 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 8.1 | +3.4 pts |
| 68 | Detmold | 8 | +1.7 pts |
| 68 | Extremadura | 8 | -1.7 pts |
| 68 | Koblenz | 8 | +0.1 pts |
| 71 | Lorraine | 7.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 72 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 7.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 73 | Picardie | 7.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 74 | Champagne-Ardenne | 7.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 74 | Lüneburg | 7.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 74 | Nordjylland | 7.2 | +3.7 pts |
| 74 | Wien | 7.2 | +3.1 pts |
| 78 | Aragon | 7.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 78 | Corse | 7.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 78 | Weser-Ems | 7.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 81 | Limousin | 7 | -0.6 pts |
| 82 | Sardegna | 6.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 83 | Stredné Slovensko | 6.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 84 | Eastern and Midland | 6.7 | +1.9 pts |
| 84 | Hamburg | 6.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 84 | La Rioja | 6.7 | +2.8 pts |
| 84 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 6.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 84 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 6.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 84 | Schleswig-Holstein | 6.7 | +1 pts |
| 90 | Karlsruhe | 6.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 91 | Asturias | 6.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 91 | Prov. Namur | 6.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 91 | Southern | 6.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 91 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 6.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 95 | Castile and León | 6.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 95 | Midi-Pyrénées | 6.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 97 | Brandenburg | 6.3 | +1.8 pts |
| 97 | Darmstadt | 6.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 97 | Haute-Normandie | 6.3 | -2.1 pts |
| 97 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 6.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 97 | Stuttgart | 6.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 97 | Thessalia | 6.3 | -3.8 pts |
| 103 | Cantabria | 6.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 103 | Ile-de-France | 6.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 103 | Latvija | 6.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 103 | Navarre | 6.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 107 | Alsace | 6.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 107 | Balearic Islands | 6.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 109 | Aquitaine | 6 | -1 pts |
| 109 | Bourgogne | 6 | -1.6 pts |
| 109 | Oberfranken | 6 | +0.9 pts |
| 112 | Rhône-Alpes | 5.9 | -1 pts |
| 113 | Freiburg | 5.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 113 | Poitou-Charentes | 5.8 | -1.4 pts |
| 115 | Berlin | 5.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 115 | Mittelfranken | 5.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 117 | Basque Country | 5.6 | +1.9 pts |
| 117 | Basse-Normandie | 5.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 117 | Franche-Comté | 5.6 | -1.8 pts |
| 117 | Moravskoslezsko | 5.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 117 | Tübingen | 5.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 122 | Centre - Val de Loire | 5.5 | -2.2 pts |
| 122 | Pays de la Loire | 5.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 122 | Zachodniopomorskie | 5.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 125 | Auvergne | 5.4 | -2 pts |
| 126 | Panonska Hrvatska | 5.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 127 | Norte | 5.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 127 | Sicilia | 5.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 127 | Sjælland | 5.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 127 | Sostinės regionas | 5.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 127 | Západné Slovensko | 5.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 132 | Hovedstaden | 5.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 132 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 5.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 134 | Bretagne | 5 | -1.6 pts |
| 134 | Közép-Dunántúl | 5 | -0.5 pts |
| 136 | Chemnitz | 4.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 136 | Schwaben | 4.8 | +2.1 pts |
| 138 | Leipzig | 4.7 | +2.4 pts |
| 138 | Prov. Antwerpen | 4.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 138 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 4.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 141 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 4.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 142 | Budapest | 4.5 | -2 pts |
| 142 | Oberbayern | 4.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 142 | Pomorskie | 4.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 142 | Prov. Liège | 4.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 146 | Ipeiros | 4.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 146 | Severozápad | 4.4 | -1 pts |
| 146 | Syddanmark | 4.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 149 | Zeeland | 4.3 | +3.2 pts |
| 150 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 4.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 151 | Malta | 4.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 151 | Midtjylland | 4.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 153 | Niederösterreich | 4 | +2.4 pts |
| 154 | Dolnośląskie | 3.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 155 | Dresden | 3.8 | +1.7 pts |
| 156 | Niederbayern | 3.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 156 | Unterfranken | 3.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 158 | Algarve | 3.6 | -1.4 pts |
| 159 | Limburg (NL) | 3.5 | +1.3 pts |
| 159 | Steiermark | 3.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 159 | Trier | 3.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 162 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 3.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 162 | Molise | 3.4 | -2.2 pts |
| 162 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 3.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | Śląskie | 3.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 162 | Wielkopolskie | 3.4 | +1 pts |
| 167 | Etelä-Suomi | 3.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 167 | Östra Mellansverige | 3.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 169 | Łódzkie | 3.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 169 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 3.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 171 | Sydsverige | 3.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 171 | Tirol | 3.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 173 | Northern and Western | 3 | -2.9 pts |
| 173 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 3 | -1.4 pts |
| 175 | Noord-Holland | 2.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 175 | Toscana | 2.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 175 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 2.9 | +1 pts |
| 178 | Lazio | 2.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 179 | Jihovýchod | 2.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 179 | Jihozápad | 2.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 179 | Opolskie | 2.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 179 | Overijssel | 2.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 179 | Småland med öarna | 2.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 184 | Eesti | 2.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 184 | Lubuskie | 2.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 2.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 184 | Piemonte | 2.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 184 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 2.5 | 0 pts |
| 184 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 2.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 190 | Basilicata | 2.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 190 | Kýpros | 2.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 190 | Lombardia | 2.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 190 | Lubelskie | 2.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 190 | Świętokrzyskie | 2.4 | 0 pts |
| 190 | Västsverige | 2.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 196 | Noord-Brabant | 2.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 196 | Severovýchod | 2.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 196 | Stockholm | 2.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 199 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 2.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 199 | Veneto | 2.2 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Burgenland | 2.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 201 | Friesland (NL) | 2.1 | -3.1 pts |
| 201 | Groningen | 2.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 201 | Norra Mellansverige | 2.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 201 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 2.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 206 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 2 | -1.9 pts |
| 206 | Oberpfalz | 2 | -1.4 pts |
| 206 | Vorarlberg | 2 | -1.6 pts |
| 209 | Kärnten | 1.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 209 | Praha | 1.9 | 0 pts |
| 209 | Střední Čechy | 1.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 212 | Małopolskie | 1.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 212 | Podkarpackie | 1.8 | -1 pts |
| 212 | Warszawski stołeczny | 1.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 215 | Bratislavský kraj | 1.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 215 | Oberösterreich | 1.7 | +1 pts |
| 217 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 1.6 | 0 pts |
| 217 | Grad Zagreb | 1.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 217 | Övre Norrland | 1.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 220 | Podlaskie | 1.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 220 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 1.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 220 | Salzburg | 1.5 | +1 pts |
| 223 | Gelderland | 1.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 223 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 1.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 223 | Umbria | 1.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 226 | Střední Morava | 1.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 227 | Drenthe | 1.1 | -1.7 pts |
| 227 | Liguria | 1.1 | -2.7 pts |
| 229 | Marche | 1 | -1.1 pts |
| 229 | Zahodna Slovenija | 1 | +0.1 pts |
| 231 | Emilia-Romagna | 0.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 231 | Mellersta Norrland | 0.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 233 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 0.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 234 | Flevoland | 0.6 | -2.4 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 2023 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 30.8% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest severe material and social deprivation rate?
Flevoland, with 0.6% in 2023.
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 2023 and are not ranked.
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