Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2024, Slovakia's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 8.6% compared to 2023, reaching 15.2.

Slovakia accounts for 118.7% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Slovakia ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 28.8% (from 11.8 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.