{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"sk-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/sk-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/sk-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Slovakia (2025)","description":"Slovakia's Median Equivalised Net Income: 12,990 EUR per person in 2025, +27.7% YoY, roughly 56.6% of the EU-27 average. 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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."},{"question":"How does Slovakia's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"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."},{"question":"How has Slovakia's median income changed since 2010?","answer":"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."},{"question":"Did Slovakia's median income ever decline during this period?","answer":"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."},{"question":"What drove the sharp jump in Slovakia's median income in 2025?","answer":"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."}]}