EU 5.93
· European ranking
5 / 31
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Serbia: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
10.30% of people
EU 5.93 · +4.4 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
· 2024 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+34.95
13.90
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2-1.94
10.10
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3-5.83
9.70
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4-26.21
7.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe 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, Severe deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 10.3% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 4.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Serbia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 14.90% in 2019 to 10.30% in 2024. The latest step, from 13.60% in 2023 to 10.30% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Serbia
In Serbia, Severe deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Vojvodina records the highest value (13.9%) and Šumadija and Western Serbia the lowest (7.6%), a gap of 6.3 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.