EU 20.40
· European ranking
24 / 30
Down 5 positions compared with previous year
Slovakia: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
16.70% of people
EU 20.40 · -3.7 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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Regional map
· 2025 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+57.49
26.30
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2-1.20
16.50
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3-16.17
14.00
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4-82.63
2.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 16.7% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 13.80% in 2020 to 16.70% in 2025. The latest step, from 18.30% in 2024 to 16.70% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional differences in Poverty or exclusion are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (26.3%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (2.9%), a gap of 23.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Slovakia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.