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Slovakia and the European Union

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Slovakia

the European Union

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: the European Union 7.7% against Slovakia 3.5%, 4.2 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Slovakia
the European Union

People

Median age1.9 years
43.0 years
44.9 years
Life expectancy at birth3.1 years
78.4 years
81.5 years
People83.15×
5.4m
450.6m
People per square kilometre1.3%
111 per km²
110 per km²
Women in the population0.0 points
51.1%
51.0%
Born abroad10.4 points
4.0%
14.4%
Born outside the EU9.3 points
1.1%
10.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person76.6%
€12,990
€22,939
Average net income87.3%
€13,857
€25,952
Take-home pay, average-wage worker65.5%
€18,097
€29,954
Gross pay, average-wage worker80.1%
€24,240
€43,658
In work, age 20 to 642.0 points
78.1%
76.1%
Out of work0.6 points
5.4%
6.0%
Hours worked a week2.2 hours
39.5 hours
37.3 hours
At risk of poverty4.1 points
12.2%
16.3%
Housing costs over 40% of income4.2 points
3.5%
7.7%
GDP per person66.4%
€25,060
€41,700

Family and home

People at home34.8%
3.1
2.3
Households with children13.4 points
42.1%
28.7%
Children per woman9.0%
1.46
1.34
Own their home25.3 points
93.8%
68.5%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds9.9%
558 per 100,000 people
507 per 100,000 people
Doctors5.6%
395 per 100,000 people
374 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree7.1 points
29.8%
36.9%
Students per 1,000 people63.1%
26.0 per 1,000 people
42.4 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them73.0%
€11,394
€19,707
Tax raised per person74.9%
€9,259
€16,198
Government debt20.3 points
61.4%
81.7%

Country and infrastructure

Land area86.17×
49,035 km²
4,225,104 km²
Railway density51.8%
74.5 per 1,000 km²
49.1 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density4.8%
17.8 per 1,000 km²
18.6 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people14.1%
512 per 1,000 people
584 per 1,000 people
Households with internet2.3 points
92.5%
94.8%
Tourist nights per resident2.49×
2.7
6.73

Environment

Renewable energy9.9 points
16.3%
26.2%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Slovakia

the European Union

Function
Slovakia
the European Union
11.5%
12.4%
2.9%
3.0%
4.9%
3.5%
11.5%
10.8%
1.6%
1.7%
1.0%
1.5%
14.6%
15.0%
2.4%
2.4%
10.8%
9.7%
38.8%
40.0%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Slovakia and the European Union

  1. Which covers more ground: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 86.17×: the European Union 4,225,104, Slovakia 49,035. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 83.15×: the European Union 450.6m, Slovakia 5.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  3. Where were more residents born abroad: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 10.4 points: the European Union 14.4%, Slovakia 4.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  4. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 4.2 points: the European Union 7.7%, Slovakia 3.5%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. ilc_lvho07a · 2025. See the figure

  5. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 76.6%: the European Union €22,939, Slovakia €12,990. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  6. Which spends more on health per resident: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 77.9%: the European Union €2,959, Slovakia €1,663. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where does more energy come from renewables: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 9.9 points: the European Union 26.2%, Slovakia 16.3%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 63.1%: the European Union 42.4, Slovakia 26.0. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where do more households have children: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 13.4 points: Slovakia 42.1%, the European Union 28.7%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. ilc_lvph02 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Slovakia or the European Union?

    The gap is 9.9%: Slovakia 558, the European Union 507. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.