Severe material and social deprivation in Poland

2.0% of people in Poland were severely materially and socially deprived in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2015.

Measure: Severe material and social deprivation Unit: % of population Data: 2015 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Poland, 2025 2.0% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 2.3%
European Union, 2025 6.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 4.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 30th of 31 See the full ranking

Severe material and social deprivation in Poland 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 PolandEuropean Union
2025 2.0% 6.3%
2024 2.3% 6.4%
2023 3.0% 6.8%
2022 2.8% 6.7%
2021 2.9% 6.3%
2020 2.6% 6.7%
2019 3.5% 6.7%
2018 4.5% 7.1%
2017 5.3% 7.8%
2016 5.4% 9.0%
2015 7.8% 9.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.8%, the figure has changed by −5.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 30th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
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 Poland
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat