European ranking
4 / 33
No change from the previous year
North Macedonia: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
North Macedonia
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
15.10 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+7.6 puntos
North Macedonia is 7.6 points above the European average.
EU: 7.48
Affected population
≈ 0.28 million people affected
Year: 2023
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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe 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, Severe deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 15.1% versus 7.5% in 2023, a large gap of 7.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 22.60% in 2018 to 15.10% in 2023. The latest step, from 18.20% in 2022 to 15.10% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than 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.