Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia
Slovakia: Share of urban population living in inadequate housing was 3.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia, 2005–2025
Source: United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 3.5% for share of urban population living in inadequate housing in 2025.
That represents a change of down 45.3% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia peaked at 17.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2022.
Slovakia ranks 35th of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 14.6% | — |
| 2006 | 16.4% | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | -68.5% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +67.9% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 9.0% | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | -51.2% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | +39.0% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | +121.9% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | -64.8% |
| 2023 | 5.9% | +136.0% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 3.5% | -45.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 5.6% | 17.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 4.1% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8% | 2.5% | 7.1% | 6 |
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- 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)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Population density 71.28 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 131,931 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.7% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate -0.5749 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia?
- Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Slovakia was 3.5% in 2025, according to United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of urban population living in inadequate housing recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of urban population living in inadequate housing recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2022.
- How does Slovakia rank for share of urban population living in inadequate housing?
- Slovakia ranks 35th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of urban population living in inadequate housing rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of urban population living in inadequate housing. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of urban population living in inadequate housing (%).