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

In 2025, Italy's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 26.3% compared to 2024, reaching 21.6.

Italy accounts for 91.1% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Italy ranks 8th 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 1.4% (from 21.3 in 2020).

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