Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2025, Denmark's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 12.5% compared to 2024, reaching 9.00.

Denmark accounts for 71.4% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.

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 28.6% (from 7.00 in 2020).

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