EU 13.30
· European ranking
6 / 34
Down 3 positions compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
25.00% of people
EU 13.30 · +11.7 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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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less 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 points to broader pressure.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 25.0% versus 13.3% in 2024, a large gap of 11.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 38.40% in 2019 to 25.00% in 2024. The latest step, from 30.00% in 2023 to 25.00% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, 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.