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

In 2025, Portugal's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 22.9% compared to 2024, reaching 11.1.

Portugal accounts for 46.8% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 31.5% (from 16.2 in 2020).

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