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Unemployment rate in Slovakia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Slovakia's unemployment rate is 5.36 % — #65 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.36%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Slovakia over time

19.15 %12.22 %5.30 %19.15 % · 20015.30 % · 20242000: 18.55 %2001: 19.15 %2002: 18.54 %2003: 17.55 %2004: 18.21 %2005: 16.28 %2006: 13.39 %2007: 11.16 %2008: 9.51 %2009: 12.02 %2010: 14.39 %2011: 13.63 %2012: 13.97 %2013: 14.23 %2014: 11.54 %2015: 11.49 %2016: 9.68 %2017: 8.14 %2018: 6.54 %2019: 5.76 %2020: 6.72 %2021: 6.89 %2022: 6.14 %2023: 5.84 %2024: 5.30 %2025: 5.36 %2000201220255.36 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#65 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
48 %
59 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
13.79 pp
peak 19.15 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 13.19 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #18 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.10 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Slovakia: ahead of 48 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentSlovakia 5.36 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Slovakia is ahead of 48 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Slovakia
63 Brunei5.28 %−0.08 pp
64 Fiji5.35 %−0.01 pp
65 Slovakia5.36 %—
66 Pakistan5.42 %+0.06 pp
67 Kenya5.45 %+0.09 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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