BE · 2025 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Belgium, 2025
In 2025, Belgium's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 21.0% compared to 2024, reaching 9.80.
Belgium accounts for 77.8% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.
Belgium ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 26.9% (from 13.4 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.