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Slovakia: Material and social deprivation rate

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

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

Country overview

Slovakia

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

Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

11.60 Percent of people

European ranking

9 / 29

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

-0.2 puntos

Slovakia is 0.2 points below the European average.

EU: 11.85

Affected population

≈ 0.63 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 11.60 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

    Východné Slovensko

    +52.60

    17.70

  2. 2

    Západné Slovensko

    -10.30

    10.40

  3. 3

    Stredné Slovensko

    -16.40

    9.70

  4. 4

    Bratislavský kraj

    -56.90

    5.00

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Slovakia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Slovakia

In Slovakia, Material deprivation is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 11.6% versus 11.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 9.70% in 2020 to 11.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 12.70% in 2024 to 11.60% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.

Regional differences in Slovakia

In Slovakia, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (17.7%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (5%), a gap of 12.7 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Slovakia, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.