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The indicator is part of the EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards SDG 1 on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere and SDG 11 on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. 

SDG 1 calls for an eradication of extreme poverty and for a reduction of relative poverty over the next 15 years. It envisions shared prosperity, a basic standard of living and social protection benefits for people everywhere, including the poorest and most vulnerable. SDG 11 aims to renew and plan cities and other human settlements so that they offer opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation, green public spaces and others, while improving resource use and reducing environmental impacts.

The indicator can be considered as similar to global SDG indicator 11.1.1 "Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing".

Together with the indicator on "Housing cost overburden", this indicator addresses severe housing deprivation and complements the established multidimensional poverty indicator.

The indicator measures the share of the population experiencing at least one of the following basic deficits in their housing condition: a leaking roof, damp walls, floors or foundation, or rot in window frames or floor.

% of population
i. total
ii. below 60% of median equivalised income
iii. above 60% of median equivalised income

Calendar year.

From 2005 onwards EU-SILC is based on a common framework defined by harmonised lists of primary and secondary variables, common concepts, a recommended design, common requirements (such as imputation procedures, weighting, sampling errors calculation) and classifications aiming at maximising comparability of the information produced. Details can be found in the metadata of the source datasets (see link to related metadata).

ESS (SILC)

Data source: Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC).

Data provider: Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), based on data reported by the countries.

Every year

Indicator is updated annually in November.

T+1 year

New data points are disseminated within one year after the reference year.

All EU MS

Data are presented for all EU Member States plus the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and North Macedonia.

All EU MS

Data are comparable between all EU Member States respectively other presented countries.

5 to 10 years

Presented time series (including EU aggregates) starts in 2007.

> 4 data points

Length of comparable time series without methodological break is longer than 4 data points.

Analysis of indicator is presented in Eurostat's annual monitoring report on Sustainable development in the EU (progress towards SDGs in the EU context).

See table  sdg_01_60

Eurostat dedicated section on SDGs: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/overview

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