Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Slovakia
Slovakia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 14.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Slovakia stood at 14.6%.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Slovakia peaked at 16.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1992.
Slovakia ranks 96th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7.6% | — |
| 1996 | 14.5% | +90.8% |
| 2004 | 16.3% | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 12.7% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 15.1% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 13.9% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | +18.0% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1% | 7.6% | 14.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.0% | 12.6% | 16.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 13.1% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 14.6% | 16.1% | 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 60% of the median in Slovakia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Slovakia was 14.6% 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 60% of the median recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1992.
- How does Slovakia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Slovakia ranks 96th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.