People having a long-standing illness or health problem … labour in Slovakia
Slovakia: People having a long-standing illness or health problem … labour was 9.9 in 2025. ▼ Falling
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 9.9 for people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in 2025.
That represents a change of up 39.4% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia peaked at 21.9 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.8, in 2022.
That places Slovakia 28th out of 49 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
People having a long-standing illness or health problem … labour in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9.6 | — |
| 2009 | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 9.9 | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 8.6 | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 7.9 | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 7.2 | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 8.5 | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 8 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 21.9 | +173.7% |
| 2018 | 8 | -63.5% |
| 2019 | 8.8 | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 7.8 | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 6.7 | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 5.8 | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 6.9 | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 7.1 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 9.9 | +39.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People having a long-standing illness or health problem … labour in Slovakia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +173.7% | 8 | 21.9 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.85 | 7.2 | 21.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.37 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More work & labour data for Slovakia
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 2,755 (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 2,606 (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 2,606 (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 66.6 (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 2,606 (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 4,140 (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 76.5 (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 72.3 (2025)
- Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 2,606 (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 72.3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia?
- People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia was 9.9 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.9 in 2017.
- What is the lowest people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8 in 2022.
- How does Slovakia rank for people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age?
- Slovakia ranks 28th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age and labour status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).