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Austria: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
Austria
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
3.70 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-2.2 puntos
Austria is 2.2 points below the European average.
EU: 5.93
Affected population
≈ 0.34 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Austria
In Austria, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.7% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.70% in 2019 to 3.70% in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 3.70% in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Austria
In Austria, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 9 comparable regions, Vienna records the highest value (7.6%) and Carinthia the lowest (1.3%), a gap of 6.3 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Austria, Quality of Life & Household Conditions shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.