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Slovakia: Jobless Households

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

Latest value

Β· 2025

4.00% of people aged 0 to 64

EU 7.05 Β· -3.0 pp vs Europe

European ranking

28 / 30

Down 8 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

5.4M

Country population Β· 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n

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Regional map

Β· 2025 Β· 4 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +90.00

    7.60

  2. 2
    -25.00

    3.00

  3. 3
    -27.50

    2.90

  4. 4
    -85.00

    0.60

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), 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, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.0% versus 7.1% 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 4.30% in 2020 to 4.00% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.00% in 2024 to 4.00% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Slovakia

In Slovakia, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (7.6%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (0.6%), 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. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.