Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2025, Denmark's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 12.8% compared to 2024, reaching 15.9.

Denmark accounts for 67.1% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Denmark ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.8% (from 14.1 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.