EU 11.38
· European ranking
7 / 30
Down 2 positions compared with previous year
Serbia: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
14.60% of people
EU 11.38 · +3.2 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+27.40
18.60
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2+7.53
15.70
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3-5.48
13.80
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4-31.51
10.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Serbia
In Serbia, Material deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 14.6% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Serbia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 24.10% in 2020 to 14.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 17.60% in 2024 to 14.60% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Serbia
In Serbia, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Vojvodina records the highest value (18.6%) and Belgrade Region the lowest (10%), a gap of 8.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Serbia, 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.