Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2024, Germany's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 10.1% compared to 2023, reaching 12.4.

Germany accounts for 96.9% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Germany ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 106.7% (from 6.00 in 2019).

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