EU 5.93
· European ranking
8 / 31
No change compared with previous year
Slovakia: Severe Material Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
7.60% of people
EU 5.93 · +1.7 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+73.68
13.20
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2-3.95
7.30
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3-30.26
5.30
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4-78.95
1.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Slovakia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Severe deprivation is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 7.6% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 1.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 5.90% in 2019 to 7.60% in 2024. The latest step, from 7.00% in 2023 to 7.60% in 2024, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional differences in Severe deprivation are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (13.2%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (1.6%), a gap of 11.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Slovakia, 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.