Poverty & Inequality in Slovakia 45 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Slovakia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 12.2% 2025 down 0.8% 39th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 20.6% 2025 up 8.4% 41st 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 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 At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 28.8% 2025 up 6.7% 38th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 10.9% 2025 up 2.8% 42nd Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 23.8% 2025 down 37.4% 25th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -1.1 Number 2025 down 111.2% 27th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 3.2% 2025 up 23.1% 38th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 8.3% 2025 down 31.4% 43rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 11.6% 2025 down 38.9% 31st Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 94.4% 2025 up 4.7% 2nd Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 1.6% 2025 down 57.9% 40th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 18.0% 2025 up 38.5% 32nd Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 36.3% 2025 up 40.7% 15th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 6.1% 2025 down 1.6% 33rd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 3.0% 2025 down 60.5% 36th Subjective poverty by sex and age 23.0% 2025 down 29.9% 9th Subjective poverty by tenure status 23.0% 2025 down 29.9% 9th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 11.6% 2025 down 31.0% 15th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 11.6% 2025 down 31.0% 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 20.2% 2025 up 15.4% 34th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 6.5% 2025 down 11.0% 10th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 895 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 27th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 5,362 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.4% 24th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.5 Average 2025 up 2.4% 7th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 3.2% 2025 down 41.8% 16th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.7% 2025 down 47.2% 36th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.7% 2025 down 47.2% 36th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 895 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 25th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 3.2% 2025 down 41.8% 16th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 8.5% 2025 down 34.6% 9th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.9% 2025 down 13.6% 21st Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 7.0% 2025 down 16.7% 11th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 376 Thousand persons 2025 down 14.5% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 895 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 24th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 91.4% 2020 up 15.7% 29th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 318 Thousand persons 2020 down 48.8% 22nd Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 5.9% 2020 down 48.2% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 14.8% 2020 down 28.2% 43rd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 7.5% 2025 down 37.0% 32nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -313 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 4,571.4% 32nd