Slovakia is 4th or 8th poorest country in the EU
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Slovakia is the 4th‑poorest country in the EU, if you believe Eurostat purchasing power parity data. GDP per capita in PPP terms as a share of the EU average (nominal GDP data in brackets):
| 2025 | 2015 |
Austria | 117 (134) | 128 (143) |
Czechia | 92 (76) | 89 (58) |
Poland | 81 (59) | 70 (41) |
Hungary | 76 (55) | 70 (41) |
Slovakia | 75 (60) | 78 (53) |
(Eurostat, hnonline.sk) In nominal terms, disregarding purchasing power, Slovak GDP per capita is the 8th‑lowest in the EU and exceeds that of Poland and Hungary. Slovak analysts have long pointed to distortions in the price and rent data Eurostat uses in calculating Slovak PPP figures.
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