At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … composition in Slovakia
Slovakia: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … composition was 11.4 in 2025. ▲ Rising
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) in Slovakia, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 11.4 for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 18.0% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) in Slovakia peaked at 16.2 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.6, in 2019.
That places Slovakia 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … composition in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.4 | — |
| 2016 | 9.5 | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 10.7 | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 8.5 | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 4.6 | -45.9% |
| 2020 | 7.6 | +65.2% |
| 2021 | 9.8 | +28.9% |
| 2022 | 8.4 | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 16.2 | +92.9% |
| 2024 | 13.9 | -14.2% |
| 2025 | 11.4 | -18.0% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 11.4 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 11.4 is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.3, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.74 | 4.6 | 10.7 | 5 |
| 2020s | 11.22 | 7.6 | 16.2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More population data for Slovakia
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.6534 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.7735 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.6534 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.4772 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.6992 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.659 (2100)
- Population density 71.28 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 131,931 (2100)
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.659 (2100)
- Urbanization vs gdp, annual growth rate 0.0038 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) in Slovakia?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) in Slovakia was 11.4 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2 in 2023.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6 in 2019.
- How does Slovakia rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions)?
- Slovakia ranks 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) by age, sex, household composition and household work intensity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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