Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia
Slovakia: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 4.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia is 4.1%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 38.3% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia peaked at 10.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2020.
Slovakia ranks 85th 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.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.3% | — |
| 1996 | 9.4% | +184.8% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | -36.8% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 4.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -23.9% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +43.3% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | -38.3% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -33.6% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | +22.2% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | +135.8% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -38.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 3.3% | 9.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.6% | 3.8% | 10.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 2.5% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 2.3% | 6.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More poverty & inequality data for Slovakia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Slovakia was 4.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2020.
- How does Slovakia rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Slovakia ranks 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.