Slovakia (2025)
12,990
EUR per person per year
+27.7% YoY
YoY Change
+27.7%
year-on-year
vs. EU-27 Average
56.6%
of EU-27 median, 2025
+14.5pp since 2010
Series length
16
years of data

Data

Median Equivalised Net Income in Slovakia (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year EUR per person YoY Change
2025 12,990 +27.7%
2024 10,171 +10.4%
2023 9,214 +4.5%
2022 8,819 +4.1%
2021 8,473 -2.6%
2020 8,703 +7.2%
2019 8,119 +8.8%
2018 7,462 +3.9%
2017 7,183 +3.3%
2016 6,951 +0.3%
2015 6,930 +1.8%
2014 6,809 +1.1%
2013 6,737 -2.7%
2012 6,927 +9.8%
2011 6,306 +3.1%
2010 6,117 n/a

About this Dataset

Slovakia's median equivalised net income (the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size) reached approximately 12,990 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 27.7% increase from 10,171 EUR in 2024, by far the sharpest single-year rise across the 2010–2025 series.

For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Slovakia's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Slovakia's median income of 6,117 EUR was about 42.1% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That ratio held in a narrow band between roughly 44% and 48% of the EU-27 average from 2013 to 2024, before jumping to 56.6% in 2025 as Slovak income growth sharply outpaced the EU-27's own gain of around 6.3% that year.

Growth has typically been positive but uneven. Slovak income declined in only two of the fifteen years since 2010 — by roughly 2.7% in 2013 and 2.6% in 2021, the latter likely tied to pandemic-related income disruption. Outside those years, gains have typically ranged from low single digits to nearly 10%, as in 2012 (+9.8%) and 2019 (+8.8%). The 2025 increase of +27.7% stands well outside that typical range and more than doubles the next-largest annual gain in the series (+10.4% in 2024), which likely reflects a combination of strong nominal wage growth and possibly a data or methodology update; analysts should treat the most recent figure as provisional pending confirmation in future EU-SILC releases.

Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Slovakia's national statistical office (Štatistický úrad SR) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series; Eurostat's geo code for Slovakia in this dataset is SK.

Frequently Asked Questions

Eurostat's EU-SILC data (dataset ILC_DI03) put Slovakia's median equivalised net income at approximately 12,990 EUR per person in 2025, up from 10,171 EUR in 2024 — a year-on-year increase of roughly 27.7%, the sharpest single-year rise in the 2010–2025 series. Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total.

In 2025, Slovakia's median equivalised net income of roughly 12,990 EUR was about 56.6% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 9,949 EUR. That ratio has typically climbed from roughly 42.1% in 2010, suggesting Slovak household incomes have grown faster than the EU-27 average over the period, with most of the recent narrowing concentrated in 2025.

Slovakia's median equivalised net income rose from about 6,117 EUR in 2010 to approximately 12,990 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative increase of roughly 112.3% over 15 years. Growth was steady through most of the decade, with income typically rising by low-to-mid single digits annually, though a large share of the total gain, +27.7%, occurred in the final year alone.

Yes, in two of the fifteen years measured. Slovakia's median equivalised net income fell by about 2.7% in 2013, to 6,737 EUR from 6,927 EUR in 2012, and again by around 2.6% in 2021, to 8,473 EUR from 8,703 EUR in 2020 — the latter likely linked to pandemic-era income disruption. Outside those two years, income typically rose annually, including gains of +9.8% in 2012 and +8.8% in 2019.

Eurostat's data shows Slovakia's median equivalised net income rose from 10,171 EUR in 2024 to 12,990 EUR in 2025, a jump of roughly 27.7% — more than double the next-largest annual increase in the series, +10.4% in 2024. The scale of the jump likely reflects strong nominal wage growth, though it may also partly reflect a survey or methodology update; analysts should treat the 2025 figure as provisional pending confirmation in subsequent EU-SILC releases.