EU 7.48
· European ranking
4 / 33
No change compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
15.10% of people
EU 7.48 · +7.6 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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At a glance
North Macedonia 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.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Severe deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 15.1% versus 7.5% in 2023, a large gap of 7.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 22.60% in 2018 to 15.10% in 2023. The latest step, from 18.20% in 2022 to 15.10% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than 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.