Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia
Slovenia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 2.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia is 2.7%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 27.4% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia peaked at 4.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1993.
That places Slovenia 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.5% | — |
| 1993 | 0.4% | -21.8% |
| 1997 | 3.1% | +737.8% |
| 1999 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | +27.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 2.2% | 0.4% | 3.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Slovenia was 2.7% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1993.
- How does Slovenia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Slovenia ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.