EU 7.48
· European ranking
1 / 33
No change compared with previous year
Albania: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
34.80% of people
EU 7.48 · +27.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Severe material and social deprivation rate TESPM030
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Regional map
· 2023 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+4.31
36.30
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2+0.86
35.10
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3-5.17
33.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Albania 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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Albania
In Albania, Severe deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 34.8% versus 7.5% in 2023, a large gap of 27.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Albania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 46.70% in 2018 to 34.80% in 2023. The latest step, from 37.00% in 2022 to 34.80% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Albania
In Albania, regional values for Severe deprivation are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Northern Albania records the highest value (36.3%) and Southern Albania the lowest (33%), a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Albania, 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.