EU 14.51
· European ranking
9 / 35
No change compared with previous year
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
20.30% of people
EU 14.51 · +5.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09
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At a glance
Bosnia and Herzegovina performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to change in the latest available interval. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 20.3% versus 14.5% in 2023, a large gap of 5.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the latest available interval is broadly stable: the value moved from 20.30% in 2022 to 20.30% in 2023.
Reading within the topic
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.