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Slovakia: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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Country overview
Slovakia
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
7.60 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+1.7 puntos
Slovakia is 1.7 points above the European average.
EU: 5.93
Affected population
≈ 0.41 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Slovakia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Severe deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 7.6% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 1.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 5.90% in 2019 to 7.60% in 2024. The latest step, from 7.00% in 2023 to 7.60% in 2024, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (13.2%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (1.6%), a gap of 11.6 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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.