EU 11.38
· European ranking
30 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Croatia: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.40% of people
EU 11.38 · -7.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09
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Regional map
· 2025 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+63.64
7.20
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2+6.82
4.70
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3-20.45
3.50
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4-52.27
2.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Croatia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Croatia
In Croatia, Material deprivation stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 4.4% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 7.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 9.40% in 2020 to 4.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 5.20% in 2024 to 4.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
Regional differences in Croatia
In Croatia, regional differences in Material deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Panonska Hrvatska records the highest value (7.2%) and Grad Zagreb the lowest (2.1%), a gap of 5.1 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Croatia, 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.