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🇸🇰 Slovakia in official data

How Slovakia is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.

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Where it stands in the EU

• People reporting pollution in their area: Slovakia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (5.8 %, 2023).
• Participation in early childhood education: Slovakia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (81.8 %, 2024).
• Housing cost overburden rate: Slovakia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (3.5 %, 2025).
• Scientists and engineers in the labour force: Slovakia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (6.9 %, 2025).
• Underemployed part-time workers: Slovakia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (0.5 %, 2025).
• Households covered by 5G: Slovakia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (93.9 %, 2025).
• Patent applications to the European Patent Office: Slovakia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (10.7 /million, 2025).

Brain: Education, research & innovation

Eyes: Information & Digital Access

Ears: Civic Participation

Jaw: Justice & Institutions

Neck: Government & Public Administration

Heart: Economy & Financial Stability

Left lung: Healthcare

Right lung: Environment & Climate

Stomach: Cost of Living

Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare

Left kidney: Housing

Right kidney: Essential Utilities

Left arm: Employment

Right arm: Job Quality

Left hand: Youth Opportunities

Right hand: Workplace Safety

Left leg: Roads & Transport

Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility

Left foot: Regional Accessibility

Right foot: Digital Infrastructure

Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion

Researched context (not official statistics)

For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:

• Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, social background mattered much more in Slovakia than on average in the OECD: advantaged students outscored disadvantaged ones by 133 points in maths, against 93.
• Scientific research outcomes: Research in Slovakia is cited much less often than the EU average (26th in the EU), and less of it is co-written with foreign researchers (24th).
• Public voice: CIVICUS rates civic space in Slovakia as "narrowed", the second-best of its five levels.
• Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Slovakia 37th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, up from 38th in 2025.
• Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Slovakia 36th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 64th for civil justice.
• Court efficiency: Courts in Slovakia took an estimated 151 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, down from 173 in 2023 and shorter than in most EU countries.
• Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Slovakia’s government at 64.3 out of 100 in 2025, down from 67.6 in 2022.
• Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Slovakia’s roads 72nd of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.3 out of 5.
• Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Slovakia took 23 minutes on average, shorter than the EU average of 25.
• Access to services: Most people in Slovakia can reach work or study without a car: 83.3% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, above the EU average.

Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.

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