Urban Development in Slovakia

63 indicators covering urban development for Slovakia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population in the largest city 15.4% 2025 up 6.7% 133rd
Population density 112.87 people per sq. km of land area 2023 up 0.3% 95th
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 13.72 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 32.1% 130th
Population in largest city 443,679 2025 up 5.2% 151st
Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 4,176 Number 2025 up 43.6% 24th
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 100.0% 2017 unchanged 1st
Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 14.67 million Number 2024 up 36.0% 30th
Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 3.5% 2025 31st
Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 44.14 Million euro 2024 up 46.0% 30th
Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 11,756 Number 2024 down 21.5% 19th
Road freight transport by load capacity (LC) of vehicle and type of 29,153 Million tonne-kilometre (TKM) 2025 down 13.1% 18th
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status 3.5% 2025 down 61.5% 40th
At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by age and sex 22.9% 2025 down 19.4% 46th
Average number of rooms per person by tenure status and dwelling type 1.2 Average 2025 up 9.1% 36th
Total housing costs in pps 395.7 Purchasing power standard (PPS) 2025 up 19.5% 27th
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and 12.6% 2025 down 26.3% 22nd
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 0.1% 2025 down 94.7% 38th
At-risk-of-poverty rate by degree of urbanisation 81 Thousand persons 2025 down 27.0% 38th
Seat capacity of passenger railway vehicles by type of vehicles 50.1 Thousand 2022 down 26.9% 23rd
Seat/berth capacity of passenger railway vehicles 50.1 Thousand 2022 down 26.9% 23rd
Severe material deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 86 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.2% 26th
Average number of rooms per person by degree of urbanization 1.2 Average 2025 up 9.1% 36th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by degree of 137 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.4% 36th
At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by degree of 22.9% 2025 down 19.4% 44th
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of 12.1% 2025 down 32.8% 28th
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status 3.5% 2025 down 61.5% 40th
Self-propelled vessels, dumb and pushed vessels by load capacity 7 Number 2024 down 69.6% 27th
Load capacity of self-propelled vessels by year of construction 8.6 Thousand tonnes 2024 down 25.2% 20th
Housing cost overburden rate by level of disability (activity) 3.7% 2025 down 45.6% 39th
Subjective poverty by degree of urbanization 19.4% 2025 down 39.0% 11th
Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 4,176 Number 2025 up 43.6% 26th
Lorries and their load capacity by permissible maximum gross weight 327,212 Number 2024 up 23.3% 26th
Severe housing deprivation rate by age, sex and poverty status 4.0% 2023 down 11.1% 18th
Children (aged 0 to 17) living in a dwelling with a leaking roof 10.5% 2023 up 9.4% 33rd
Financial burden of the total housing cost 32.1% 2023 down 8.8% 14th
Material deprivation for the 'Housing' dimension, by age, sex and by 92.5% 2023 up 1.8% 1st
Prison capacity and number of persons held 11,537 Number 2024 down 2.5% 15th
New lorries and their load capacity by permissible maximum gross 9,348 Number 2025 up 18.5% 26th
Children (aged 0 to 17) having neither a bath, nor a shower in their 0.8% 2020 down 27.3% 16th
Noise from neighbours or from the street by degree of urbanisation 12.2% 2023 down 33.0% 38th
Crime, violence or vandalism in the area by degree of urbanisation 6.0% 2023 down 50.4% 37th
Severe housing deprivation rate by tenure status 2.6% 2023 down 33.3% 11th
Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 14.67 million Number 2024 up 36.0% 30th
Severe housing deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 3.4% 2023 up 21.4% 22nd
Power of self-propelled vessels by load capacity 4 Megawatt 2024 down 46.7% 20th
Material and social deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 11.6% 2025 down 31.0% 13th
New trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum gross 10,203 Number 2025 up 21.8% 17th
Trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum gross weight 339,986 Number 2025 up 35.6% 15th
Semi-trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum gross 30,727 Number 2025 up 38.3% 20th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by degree of 119 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.6% 34th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and degree of 8.5% 2025 down 34.6% 7th
Severe material and social deprivation by degree of urbanization 7.0% 2025 down 16.7% 9th
New semi-trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum 1,261 Number 2025 down 34.3% 18th
Persons living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp walls, floors 9.1% 2023 up 19.7% 36th
Persons considering their dwelling as too dark by level of disability 4.3% 2023 up 53.6% 30th
Severe housing deprivation rate by level of disability (activity) 4.9% 2020 up 8.9% 27th
Persons with no bath or shower in their dwelling by level of 1.2% 2020 up 1,100.0% 15th
Adjusted rural to urban parity index for achieving a minimum 0.6463 2018 down 25.9% 31st
Lorries by load capacity 284,009 Number 2012 up 72.7% 25th
New lorries by load capacity 12,558 Number 2012 up 11.9% 24th