Poverty & Inequality in Slovakia 157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Slovakia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 19.9% 32nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 53.8% 71st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.56 live births per woman 2023 up 11.7% 156th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,560 kg per hectare 2024 down 7.9% 33rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.5% 97th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -10.34 % change on previous year 2024 down 130.0% 158th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.49 2023 up 14.5% 21st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.5% 2023 up 14.5% 21st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 15.0% 107th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 82.8% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.176 2023 down 6.9% 122nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.1% 2023 down 0.7% 29th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.084 2023 down 2.2% 179th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.084 2023 down 2.2% 179th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1087 2023 down 1.8% 150th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 up 25.0% 82nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 unchanged 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 42.9% 87th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.1% 2023 down 18.0% 87th Prosperity gap 1.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 6.2% 85th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1001 2023 down 20.8% 173rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 25.0% 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.2% 2023 down 10.3% 104th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.3% 2023 down 23.5% 88th Population living in slums 0.1% 2022 up 32.0% 149th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.833 2023 up 4.0% 28th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.833 2023 up 4.0% 28th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.833 2023 up 4.0% 28th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.5% 2023 up 25.0% 86th Three metrics of inequality 37.85 2022 down 5.9% 113th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.3785 2022 down 5.9% 113th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 365.47 2023 up 14.3% 47th Income share held by second 20% 15.3% 2023 up 8.5% 1st Income share held by third 20% 19.3% 2023 up 5.5% 1st Income share held by fourth 20% 23.6% 2023 up 3.1% 8th Income share held by highest 20% 32.8% 2023 down 9.9% 123rd Income share held by highest 10% 18.8% 2023 down 15.3% 123rd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.3% 2023 up 10.0% 34th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.1% 2023 up 9.6% 17th Gini index 23.8 2023 down 15.3% 123rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.6% 2023 unchanged 75th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 12.27 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 0.3% 86th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2023 up 0.0% 80th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 12.2% 2025 down 0.8% 39th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2969 2022 down 9.9% 101st At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 20.6% 2025 up 8.4% 41st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2969 2022 down 9.9% 101st Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 11.6% 2025 down 30.5% 14th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 16.7% 2025 down 3.5% 32nd Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 7.0% 2025 down 16.7% 11th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 26.8% 2022 down 10.1% 113th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 7.5% 2022 down 20.5% 112th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.9% 2020 down 48.2% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 14.8% 2020 down 28.2% 41st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 36.4% 2023 up 0.6% 26th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.5% 2023 up 2.8% 79th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2382 2023 down 15.2% 120th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 24,536 people 2023 up 3.1% 87th Page 1 of 3 Next →