Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia
Slovakia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 10.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia is 10.6%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia peaked at 10.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 1992.
Slovakia ranks 70th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.0% | — |
| 1996 | 9.1% | +203.3% |
| 2004 | 10.6% | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 8.2% | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 9.3% | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 9.9% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 10.6% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.0% | 3.0% | 9.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Slovakia was 10.6% 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 50% of the median recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 1992.
- How does Slovakia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Slovakia ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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 50% of the median.