Severe material and social deprivation in United Kingdom
4.5% of people in United Kingdom were severely materially and socially deprived in 2018.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2025.
United Kingdom, 2018
4.5%
Change from 2017
−0.2percentage points
European Union, 2018
7.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
4.5%
Severe material and social deprivation in United Kingdom over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 6.3% |
| 2024 | – | 6.4% |
| 2023 | – | 6.8% |
| 2022 | – | 6.7% |
| 2021 | – | 6.3% |
| 2020 | – | 6.7% |
| 2019 | – | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | 9.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 4.7% in 2017.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2018 was 7.1%.
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All statistics for United Kingdom
Poverty or social exclusion rate
22.8%
2018 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
5.4%
2018 · Eurostat
At-risk-of-poverty rate
18.6%
2018 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
33.5 (0 to 100)
2018 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.63 times
2018 · Eurostat
Gini index
32.4 (0 to 100)
2021 · World Bank