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Czechia: Severe material and social deprivation rate

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

Country: Czechia Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Czechia

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

Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

2.60 Percent of people

European ranking

17 / 23

Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-3.4 puntos

Czechia is 3.4 points below the European average.

EU: 6.04

Affected population

≈ 0.28 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 2.60 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 6.01 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Moravskoslezsko

    +46.20

    3.80

  2. 2

    Jihozápad

    +30.80

    3.40

  3. 3

    Severozápad

    +15.40

    3.00

  4. 4

    Severovýchod

    +15.40

    3.00

  5. 5

    Praha

    +3.80

    2.70

  6. 6

    Střední Čechy

    -3.80

    2.50

  7. 7

    Jihovýchod

    -34.60

    1.70

  8. 8

    Střední Morava

    -46.20

    1.40

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Czechia 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 Czechia

In Czechia, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 2.6% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 3.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Czechia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 1.90% in 2020 to 2.60% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.60% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Czechia

In Czechia, Severe deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Moravskoslezsko records the highest value (3.8%) and Střední Morava the lowest (1.4%), a gap of 2.4 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Czechia, 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.