European ranking
5 / 31
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Serbia: Severe material and social deprivation rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Serbia
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
10.30 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+4.4 puntos
Serbia is 4.4 points above the European average.
EU: 5.93
Affected population
≈ 0.68 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Serbia
In Serbia, Severe deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 10.3% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 4.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Serbia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 14.90% in 2019 to 10.30% in 2024. The latest step, from 13.60% in 2023 to 10.30% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Serbia
In Serbia, Severe deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Vojvodina records the highest value (13.9%) and Å umadija and Western Serbia the lowest (7.6%), a gap of 6.3 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Serbia, 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.