Severe material and social deprivation in Switzerland
2.4% of people in Switzerland were severely materially and socially deprived in 2024.
Switzerland, 2024
2.4%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
European Union, 2024
6.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
4.3%
Severe material and social deprivation in Switzerland over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | 9.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 6.4%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Poverty or social exclusion rate
19.3%
2024 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
0.7%
2024 · Eurostat
At-risk-of-poverty rate
16.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
31.0 (0 to 100)
2024 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.81 times
2024 · Eurostat
Gini index
33.5 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank