Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Slovenia
Slovenia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 25.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Slovenia, 1987–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Slovenia is 25.4%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.1% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Slovenia peaked at 86.4% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 25.4%, in 2021.
Slovenia ranks 101st of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 44.8% | — |
| 1993 | 86.4% | +92.7% |
| 1997 | 78.7% | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 79.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 59.5% | -24.7% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 48.1% | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 44.6% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 45.1% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 44.5% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 45.2% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 49.6% | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 50.6% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 48.2% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 47.2% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 43.8% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 41.1% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 36.5% | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 34.8% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 29.9% | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 25.4% | -15.1% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 25.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 92% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 25.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 45% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Slovenia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +92.7% | 44.8% | 86.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.8% | 44.8% | 44.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 81.4% | 78.7% | 86.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 51.1% | 44.6% | 59.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 34.8% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 25.4% | 29.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Slovenia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Slovenia was 25.4% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4% in 2021.
- How does Slovenia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Slovenia ranks 101st out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.