Slovakia
Slovak Republic
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population, 2025
- 5.4 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 49,037 km²
Across Slovakia's 42 priced cities, one person needs about $1,415 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,414.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
64out of 100
- Purchasing power25%57
- Safety20%69
- Health care15%58
- Climate10%74
- Air quality10%93
- Connectivity10%58
- Cost10%48
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #43
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
51.1
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
14.2
New York = 100
Purchasing power
100.2
New York = 100
One person
$1,415
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,414
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$741
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$28,544
2025
Growth
+0.8%
2025
Unemployment
5.4%
2025
Inflation
4.0%
2025
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2024
Internet users
90%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 21%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 24%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 23%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 19%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 14.4%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 36.2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 69.1
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 30.9
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #63 worldwide
- 113
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #38 worldwide
- 121
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +20%
Cities in Slovakia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Petržalka | 65 | — | — | — | — | 112.4K | Low confidence |
| 2Kosice | 62 | 53.2 | $948 | $1,530 | 100.0 | 225K | High confidence, 30 contributors |
| 3Bratislava | 61 | 60.7 | $1,111 | $1,772 | 100.2 | 423.7K | High confidence, 110 contributors |
| 4Topolcany | 61 | 51.8 | $172 | $1,176 | 141.5 | 24.1K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 5Martin | 60 | 49.0 | $522 | $1,556 | 141.4 | 51.1K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 6Dunajska Streda | 59 | 43.8 | $344 | $1,091 | 124.4 | 22.7K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 7Trebišov | 59 | 41.4 | $316 | $953 | 116.2 | 22.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 8Senica | 59 | 48.1 | $402 | $1,234 | 125.5 | 19.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 9Levice | 59 | 41.8 | $459 | $1,143 | 120.2 | 30.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 10Pezinok | 59 | 52.4 | $463 | $1,378 | 126.1 | 24.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 11Piestany | 58 | 44.4 | $461 | $1,188 | 120.3 | 26.9K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 12Prievidza | 58 | 49.3 | $459 | $1,258 | 119.8 | 43.6K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 13Liptovsky Mikulas | 58 | 56.6 | $482 | $1,439 | 123.4 | 30.2K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 14Lucenec | 58 | 48.1 | $459 | $1,205 | 116.6 | 25.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 15Trencin | 58 | 49.3 | $674 | $1,400 | 113.0 | 58.3K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 16Povazska Bystrica | 58 | 50.0 | — | $1,454 | 123.3 | 37.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 17Zilina | 58 | 49.6 | $597 | $1,414 | 120.4 | 81.2K | High confidence, 34 contributors |
| 18Nitra | 57 | 45.7 | $741 | $1,514 | 121.2 | 86.3K | High confidence, 39 contributors |
| 19Malacky | 57 | 50.1 | — | $1,392 | 117.8 | 18.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 20Presov | 57 | 47.0 | $643 | $1,316 | 111.5 | 82.9K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 21Sala | 57 | 48.5 | $348 | — | — | 20.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 22Hlohovec | 57 | 53.8 | — | $1,392 | 113.1 | 19.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 23Stara Lubovna | 57 | 49.2 | $348 | — | — | 15.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 24Spisska Nova Ves | 56 | 51.0 | $464 | $1,094 | 101.6 | 34.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 25Dubnica nad Vahom | 56 | 52.5 | $470 | $1,131 | 102.7 | 21.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 26Nove Mesto nad Vahom | 56 | 52.4 | $631 | $1,349 | 108.8 | 19.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 27Velky Krtis | 56 | 44.5 | $348 | $812 | 91.3 | 10.6K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 28Nove Zamky | 56 | 48.4 | $551 | $1,073 | 95.9 | 36.8K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 29Ziar Nad Hronom | 56 | 47.3 | — | — | — | 17K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 30Vranov Nad Toplou | 56 | 48.7 | — | — | — | 20.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 31Banska Bystrica | 55 | 46.2 | $631 | $1,120 | 96.5 | 74.6K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 32Trnava | 55 | 52.6 | $750 | $1,387 | 103.0 | 62.8K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 33Michalovce | 55 | 45.6 | — | $1,061 | 94.5 | 35.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 34Banovce nad Bebravou | 55 | 51.4 | — | — | — | 16.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 35Svidnik | 55 | 51.1 | — | — | — | 9.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 36Bernolakovo | 55 | — | — | — | — | 10.3K | Low confidence |
| 37Myjava | 55 | 58.9 | — | — | — | 10.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Filakovo | 55 | 58.9 | — | — | — | 9.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 39Rajecke Teplice | 55 | 58.9 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 40Bardejov | 54 | 45.0 | $579 | $904 | 82.3 | 30.3K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 41Zvolen | 53 | 46.0 | $976 | $1,264 | 86.7 | 39.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 42Cadca | 53 | 50.4 | — | $861 | 72.7 | 22.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 43Poprad | 52 | 54.8 | $784 | $1,033 | 73.5 | 49.1K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 44Ruzomberok | 51 | 53.8 | $631 | $804 | 63.8 | 26.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |