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Croatia: Material and social deprivation rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Croatia Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Croatia

Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

4.40 Percent of people

European ranking

29 / 29

Improved by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-7.5 puntos

Croatia is 7.5 points below the European average.

EU: 11.85

Affected population

≈ 0.17 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.40 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 11.38 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Panonska Hrvatska

    +63.60

    7.20

  2. 2

    Sjeverna Hrvatska

    +6.80

    4.70

  3. 3

    Jadranska Hrvatska

    -20.50

    3.50

  4. 4

    Grad Zagreb

    -52.30

    2.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Croatia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Croatia

In Croatia, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 4.4% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 7.0 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 9.40% in 2020 to 4.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 5.20% in 2024 to 4.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.

Regional differences in Croatia

In Croatia, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Panonska Hrvatska records the highest value (7.2%) and Grad Zagreb the lowest (2.1%), a gap of 5.1 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Croatia, 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.