People having a long-standing illness or health … educational in Slovakia
Slovakia: People having a long-standing illness or health … educational was 10.6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age in Slovakia is 10.6, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 51.4% on the previous year and up 26.2% 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, 5.9, in 2022.
Slovakia ranks 28th of 49 countries on this measure, 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 … educational in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9.6 | — |
| 2009 | 9.3 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 9.8 | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 8.4 | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 7.8 | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 7.3 | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 8.4 | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 7.9 | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 21.9 | +177.2% |
| 2018 | 7.9 | -63.9% |
| 2019 | 8.8 | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 7.9 | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 6.7 | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 5.9 | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 6.8 | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 10.6 | +51.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People having a long-standing illness or health … educational 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 | +177.2% | 7.9 | 21.9 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.45 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.78 | 7.3 | 21.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.48 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More health data for Slovakia
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 30,237 (2024)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 5.9 (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 78.4 (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 274 (2024)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 20,026 (2020)
- Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 31,016 (2020)
- Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 181 (2023)
- Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of 2.28 (2023)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 20,168 (2020)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 13,151 (2020)
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 10.6 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 5.9 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 26.2%. 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 People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age and educational attainment level. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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