Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia
Slovakia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.2167 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia, 2004–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 0.2167 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in 2023.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia peaked at 0.2829 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2141, in 2021.
That places Slovakia 39th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2659 | — |
| 2005 | 0.2829 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2454 | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2405 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2528 | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2662 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2613 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2582 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2477 | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2698 | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2439 | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2504 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2371 | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2147 | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2329 | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2174 | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2267 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2141 | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2236 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2167 | -3.1% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 0.2167 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3019, 72% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 0.2167 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2879, 75% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.259 | 0.2405 | 0.2829 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.2433 | 0.2147 | 0.2698 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2203 | 0.2141 | 0.2267 | 4 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -10.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.49 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Slovakia was 0.2167 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2829 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2141 in 2021.
- How does Slovakia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Slovakia ranks 39th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.