EU 29.09
· European ranking
17 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Slovakia: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
26.00% of people
EU 29.09 · -3.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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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+2.31
26.60
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2+0.77
26.20
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3+0.38
26.10
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4-3.85
25.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Slovakia
In Slovakia, Unexpected expenses is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 26.0% versus 29.1% in 2025, with a gap of 3.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 26.10% in 2020 to 26.00% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 28.20% in 2024 to 26.00% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Slovakia
In Slovakia, regional values for Unexpected expenses are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Western Slovakia records the highest value (26.6%) and Central Slovakia the lowest (25%), a gap of 1.6 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.