Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovenia
Slovenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 30.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovenia, 1987–2023
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 Slovenia is 30.1%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovenia peaked at 88.6% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 2023.
Slovenia ranks 102nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 51.3% | — |
| 1993 | 88.6% | +72.7% |
| 1997 | 83.1% | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 82.7% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 65.3% | -21.1% |
| 2005 | 62.4% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 59.1% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 54.1% | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 50.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 50.5% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 51.4% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 56.4% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 56.7% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 54.4% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 53.3% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 50.0% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 48.0% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 42.3% | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 40.5% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 35.0% | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 31.1% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.1% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 51.3% | 51.3% | 51.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 84.8% | 82.7% | 88.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 57.1% | 50.9% | 65.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 50.3% | 40.5% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 30.1% | 35.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.58 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,586 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 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 36.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.4% (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 Slovenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Slovenia was 30.1% 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 88.6% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 2023.
- How does Slovenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Slovenia ranks 102nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.