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Slovakia: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Slovakia Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Slovakia

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

3.30 Ratio

European ranking

29 / 30

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-1.2 puntos

Slovakia is 1.2 points below the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

5.4M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 3.27 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Východné Slovensko

    +6.10

    3.50

  2. 2

    Stredné Slovensko

    -9.10

    3.00

  3. 3

    Západné Slovensko

    -9.10

    3.00

  4. 4

    BratislavskĂ˝ kraj

    -21.20

    2.60

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Slovakia

In Slovakia, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.27 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.46 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 3.03 in 2020 to 3.27 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 3.28 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.

Regional differences in Slovakia

In Slovakia, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (3.5) and Bratislava Region the lowest (2.6), a gap of 0.9 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Slovakia, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.