Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia
Slovakia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2969 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia stood at 0.2969.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia peaked at 0.3449 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2142, in 1985.
That places Slovakia 101st out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2216 | 0.2142 | 0.2296 | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.2606 | 0.2202 | 0.2838 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.3149 | 0.289 | 0.3373 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3218 | 0.3001 | 0.3449 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2985 | 0.2969 | 0.2997 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovakia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,560 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.176 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.1% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.084 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.084 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1087 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1001 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia was 0.2969 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3449 in 2013.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2142 in 1985.
- How does Slovakia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Slovakia ranks 101st out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.