Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia
Slovakia: Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs was 42.7 Rate in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia, 2000–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Rate.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia is 42.7 Rate, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia peaked at 42.7 Rate in 2025 and was at its lowest, 34.7 Rate, in 2009.
Slovakia ranks 4th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.7 Rate | — |
| 2001 | 41.4 Rate | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 40.8 Rate | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 40.9 Rate | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 39.8 Rate | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 35.4 Rate | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 35.7 Rate | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 35.8 Rate | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 36.4 Rate | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 34.7 Rate | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 35 Rate | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 36.4 Rate | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 37.2 Rate | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 38.7 Rate | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 38.9 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 39.1 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 39.3 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 39.4 Rate | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 39.7 Rate | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 39.7 Rate | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 39 Rate | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 39.2 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 39.5 Rate | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 39.7 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 42.6 Rate | +7.3% |
| 2025 | 42.7 Rate | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.16 Rate | 34.7 Rate | 41.4 Rate | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.34 Rate | 35 Rate | 39.7 Rate | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.45 Rate | 39 Rate | 42.7 Rate | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More work & labour data for Slovakia
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 2,755 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 2,606 Thousand persons (2025)
- Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 2,606 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 72.3% (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 37.4 Hour (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 66.6% (2025)
- Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 2,755 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 62.9% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 76.5% (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 2,606 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Slovakia was 42.7 Rate in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 42.7 Rate in 2025.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.7 Rate in 2009.
- How does Slovakia rank for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs?
- Slovakia ranks 4th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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