EU 6.01
· European ranking
21 / 23
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Croatia: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
2.00% of people
EU 6.01 · -4.0 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
· 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+90.00
3.80
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2-10.00
1.80
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3-35.00
1.30
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4-40.00
1.20
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Croatia 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 Croatia
In Croatia, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 2.0% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 4.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 4.40% in 2020 to 2.00% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 2.00% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Croatia
In Croatia, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Panonska Hrvatska records the highest value (3.8%) and Grad Zagreb the lowest (1.2%), a gap of 2.6 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.