in onethird of the countries children were more likely to be severely deprived than pensioners with the absolute difference of at least ppt these were mostly the countries with middling child deprivation rates ranging from in spain to in italy but also hungary with some of the highest child deprivation rates source eurostat last update seven countries now had at least one in three children severely deprived in five countries at least one in five children were severely deprived greece latvia hungary romania and bulgaria in onethird of the countries the share of deprived children exceeded that for the overall population by at least ppt with the biggest differential ppt observed in hungary and romania