Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2024, Portugal's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex decreased by 12.2% compared to 2023, reaching 8.60.

Portugal accounts for 67.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Portugal 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 fallen by 23.2% (from 11.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm420, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.