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Albanian youth have the highest material and social deprivation in Europe

2023-04-05 08:40:35Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Albanian youth have the highest material and social deprivation in Europe

As the flight of young people has become a really worrying problem for the country, Eurostat data sheds light on one of the reasons that prompts them to leave the country, which is related to the inability to afford various payments such as rent, home loan , vacations, buying a car, spending free time, etc., in short, the inability to lead a suitable and desirable life.

Eurostat has published the report on the material deprivation of young people in Europe for 2021, while for Albania the data are available until 2020.

According to Eurostat statistics, in the European Union in 2021, the rate of severe material and social deprivation among young people (age 15-29) was 6.1%.

For Albania, this indicator is much higher, at 34%, marking a negative record in Europe.

The latest data is from 2020, but even in previous years the indicator is the highest in Europe, despite the fact that the percentage of the materially and socially deprived has fallen (in 2018 it was 40%).

Compared to the region, Serbia has the lowest percentage of material and social deprivation, with 10.4% in 2020 and 11.6% in 2021. For North Macedonia, the indicator is 14.9% (2020) while it increases in Montenegro to 22.3 (2020).

According to Eurostat, among EU countries, the highest percentage of young people who were severely materially and socially deprived in 2021 was recorded in Romania (23.1%), followed by Bulgaria (18.7%) and Greece (14.2%). ).

On the other hand, the percentage was less than 3% in 11 of the 26 EU members with available data: Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Finland, Austria and Estonia.

While in the indicator of material deprivation, Albania has a difference with the countries of the region, in the other indicator, which measures the risk of being poor, our country together with North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, for which the data are reported are almost at the same level, with around 25% of the 15-29 age group being at risk of being poor.

What is the material and social premium

The degree of severe material and social deprivation (SMSD), according to Eurostat, indicates a forced lack of necessary and desirable means to lead an adequate life. The indicator divides the line between individuals who cannot afford a certain good, service or social activity.

It is defined as the proportion of the population experiencing a mandatory lack of at least 7 out of 13 deprivation items (6 related to the individual and 7 related to the family).

List of items at household level:
• Capacity to meet unexpected expenses
• Capacity to meet payment for one week's annual holiday away from home
• Capacity to meet arrears (for mortgage or rent payments, utility bills , rent, or other loan payments)
• Capacity to afford a meal of meat, chicken, fish, or vegetarian equivalent every two seconds
• Ability to maintain the home adequately
• Have access to a car/van for personal use
• Replacing old furniture
List of items at the individual level:
• Have an Internet connection
• Replacing worn clothes with some new ones
• Having two pairs of shoes that fit properly (including a pair of all-weather shoes)
• Spending a small amount of money each week on himself/herself
• Doing regular leisure activities
• Meeting friends/ the family for a drink/meal at least once a month.


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