At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2021, Slovakia's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 7.9% compared to 2020, reaching 12.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.

Slovakia ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.1% (from 12.7% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.