Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia
Slovakia: Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data was 46 Thousand persons in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia, 2009–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia is 46 Thousand persons, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia peaked at 95 Thousand persons in 2010 and was at its lowest, 46 Thousand persons, in 2023.
Slovakia ranks 21st of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Thousand persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 86 Thousand persons | — |
| 2010 | 95 Thousand persons | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 87 Thousand persons | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 92 Thousand persons | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 88 Thousand persons | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 95 Thousand persons | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 81 Thousand persons | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 66 Thousand persons | -18.5% |
| 2017 | 67 Thousand persons | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 64 Thousand persons | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 66 Thousand persons | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 52 Thousand persons | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 48 Thousand persons | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 49 Thousand persons | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 46 Thousand persons | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 50 Thousand persons | +8.7% |
| 2025 | 46 Thousand persons | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86 Thousand persons | 86 Thousand persons | 86 Thousand persons | 1 |
| 2010s | 80.1 Thousand persons | 64 Thousand persons | 95 Thousand persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.5 Thousand persons | 46 Thousand persons | 52 Thousand persons | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Slovakia
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 2,606 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 66.6% (2025)
- Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 2,606 Thousand persons (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)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 37.4 Hour (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 4,140 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 4,140 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 2,606 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia?
- Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data in Slovakia was 46 Thousand persons in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 95 Thousand persons in 2010.
- What is the lowest unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 Thousand persons in 2023.
- How does Slovakia rank for unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data?
- Slovakia ranks 21st out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. 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 Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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