Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia
Slovakia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2134 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia, 2004–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia is 0.2134, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia peaked at 0.2894 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2134, in 2023.
Slovakia ranks 39th of 39 countries on this measure, 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 in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2667 | — |
| 2005 | 0.2894 | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2509 | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2465 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2572 | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2667 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2646 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2623 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2505 | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2698 | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2473 | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2504 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2408 | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.22 | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2384 | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2224 | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2293 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2166 | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.227 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 0.2134 | -6.0% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 0.2134 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3076, 69% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 0.2134 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2941, 73% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2629 | 0.2465 | 0.2894 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.2467 | 0.22 | 0.2698 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2216 | 0.2134 | 0.2293 | 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 in Slovakia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Slovakia was 0.2134 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 recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2894 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2134 in 2023.
- How does Slovakia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Slovakia ranks 39th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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. 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.