EU 6.25
· European ranking
20 / 34
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Slovakia: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.40% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -0.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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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+75.93
9.50
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2+0.00
5.40
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3-38.89
3.30
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4-53.70
2.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Unemployment rate is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 5.4% versus 6.3% in 2025, a gap of 0.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.70% in 2020 to 5.40% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 5.30% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (9.5%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (2.5%), a gap of 7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Slovakia, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security 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.