Severe material and social deprivation in Luxembourg

3.4% of people in Luxembourg were severely materially and socially deprived in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2015. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Severe material and social deprivation Unit: % of population Data: 2015 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Break in time series”.
Luxembourg, 2025 3.4%b (Break in time series) % of population
Change from 2024 +1.1percentage points 2024: 2.3% Break in series at 2025: part of this change may come from a change in method.
European Union, 2025 6.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 4.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 22nd of 31 See the full ranking

Severe material and social deprivation in Luxembourg over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Severe material and social deprivation (% of population), 2015 to 2025
Period LuxembourgEuropean Union
2025 3.4%b (break in time series) 6.3%
2024 2.3% 6.4%
2023 2.5% 6.8%
2022 2.0%b (break in time series) 6.7%
2021 2.4%b (break in time series) 6.3%
2020 1.7%b (break in time series) 6.7%
2019 1.4% 6.7%
2018 1.6% 7.1%
2017 1.9% 7.8%
2016 2.0% 9.0%
2015 2.5% 9.7%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 2.3% in 2024. The source marks a break in the series at 2025, so part of this change may come from a change in method.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.5%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Luxembourg has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.3%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_mdsd11 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC age=TOTAL
Observation period
2015 to 2025 for Luxembourg
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat