Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia
Slovakia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 91.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia is 91.1%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia peaked at 98.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 83.4%, in 2019.
That places Slovakia 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 98.8% | — |
| 1996 | 97.7% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 97.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 95.5% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 94.0% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 93.3% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 88.5% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 85.5% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 89.9% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 90.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 90.2% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 89.7% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 83.4% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 85.4% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 86.9% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 91.3% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 91.1% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.2% | 97.7% | 98.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 93.2% | 88.5% | 97.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 87.8% | 83.4% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.7% | 85.4% | 91.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovakia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovakia was 91.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.4% in 2019.
- How does Slovakia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Slovakia ranks 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.