Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2024, Cyprus's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 4.2% compared to 2023, reaching 5.00.

Cyprus accounts for 39.1% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Cyprus ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.4% (from 6.20 in 2019).

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