Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia
Slovakia: Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population was 27.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia stood at 27.8%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia peaked at 46.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 27.8%, in 2025.
Slovakia ranks 15th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 46.6% | — |
| 2006 | 45.9% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 43.3% | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 42.9% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 39.7% | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 40.1% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 39.5% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 38.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 39.8% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 38.6% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 37.8% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 37.9% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 36.4% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 35.5% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 34.1% | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 31.8% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 30.5% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 27.8% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.7% | 39.7% | 46.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 37.8% | 34.1% | 40.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.2% | 27.8% | 31.8% | 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 overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia?
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Slovakia was 27.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 46.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.8% in 2025.
- How does Slovakia rank for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population?
- Slovakia ranks 15th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. 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 Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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