Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Slovakia
Slovakia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 70.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Slovakia stood at 70.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Slovakia peaked at 96.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 57.5%, in 2019.
Slovakia ranks 78th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $30 a day in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 96.0% | — |
| 1996 | 93.1% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 92.1% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 83.6% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 81.4% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 77.6% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 71.7% | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 70.2% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 65.7% | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 72.1% | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 71.2% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 71.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 70.4% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 69.1% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 65.1% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 60.2% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 57.5% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 60.8% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 62.2% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 68.3% | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 70.7% | +3.5% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 70.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 3.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 70.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.5% | 93.1% | 96.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 82.4% | 71.7% | 92.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 67.3% | 57.5% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.5% | 60.8% | 70.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovakia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Slovakia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Slovakia was 70.7% 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 $30 a day recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.5% in 2019.
- How does Slovakia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Slovakia ranks 78th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.