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Austria: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Austria

Latest value

· 2024

3.70% of people

EU 5.93 · -2.2 pp vs Europe

European ranking

19 / 31

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.2M

Country population · 2024

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

· 2024 · 9 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Vienna

    +105.41

    7.60

  2. 2

    Vorarlberg

    +18.92

    4.40

  3. 3

    Salzburg

    +16.22

    4.30

  4. 4

    Lower Austria

    +13.51

    4.20

  5. 5

    Burgenland

    -45.95

    2.00

  6. 5

    Styria

    -45.95

    2.00

  7. 7

    Upper Austria

    -56.76

    1.60

  8. 8

    Tyrol

    -62.16

    1.40

  9. 9

    Carinthia

    -64.86

    1.30

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Austria

In Austria, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.7% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.70% in 2019 to 3.70% in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 3.70% in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Austria

In Austria, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 9 comparable regions, Vienna records the highest value (7.6%) and Carinthia the lowest (1.3%), a gap of 6.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Austria, Quality of Life & Household Conditions shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.