European ranking
4 / 31
Improved by 2 positions since the previous year
North Macedonia: Material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
North Macedonia
Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
25.00 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+12.9 puntos
North Macedonia is 12.9 points above the European average.
EU: 12.05
Affected population
≈ 0.46 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less 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 points to broader pressure.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 25.0% versus 12.1% in 2024, a large gap of 12.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 38.40% in 2019 to 25.00% in 2024. The latest step, from 30.00% in 2023 to 25.00% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, 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.