Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia
Slovakia: Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or was 2.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 2.5% for children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia peaked at 5.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2025.
Slovakia ranks 38th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.6% | — |
| 2016 | 4.7% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | -19.2% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -19.0% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.4% | 5.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 6 |
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More population data for Slovakia
- Population on 1 January by age group, sex and NUTS 2 region 5.42 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 5.42 million Number (2025)
- Animal populations by NUTS 2 region 413.47 Thousand heads (animals) (2025)
- Live births (total) by NUTS 3 region 46,241 Number (2024)
- Population density by NUTS 3 region 111.3 Persons per square kilometre (2024)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region 5.42 million Number (2025)
- Live births by mother's age and NUTS 2 region 46,241 Number (2024)
- Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region 1.46 Number (2024)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 4,140 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 9.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia?
- Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Slovakia was 2.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2025.
- How does Slovakia rank for children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or?
- Slovakia ranks 38th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or social exclusion situation (population aged 0-17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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