Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia
Slovakia: Over-qualification rates by economic activity was 20.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia is 20.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia peaked at 23.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2009.
That places Slovakia 15th out of 45 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9.8% | — |
| 2009 | 9.4% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | +43.0% |
| 2012 | 17.3% | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 18.9% | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 18.7% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 21.1% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 22.1% | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 23.6% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 22.3% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 22.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 22.7% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 23.1% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 22.6% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 20.2% | -10.6% |
| 2025 | 20.9% | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Over-qualification rates by economic activity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +43.0% | 10.0% | 14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.6% | 9.4% | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 10.0% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 20.2% | 23.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More economy & growth data for Slovakia
- Gross domestic product (GDP) and Gross value added (GVA) in volume by 111.1 Index, 2020=100 (2024)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 2 region 130,208 Million euro (2024)
- Average annual population to calculate regional GDP data (thousand) 5,459 Thousand (2024)
- Gross value added at basic prices by NUTS 3 region 117,813 Current prices, million euro (2024)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 region 130,208 Million euro (2024)
- Economic accounts for agriculture by NUTS 2 region - values at 652.98 Million euro (2024)
- Economic accounts for agriculture by NUTS 2 region - values at n-1 659.51 Million euro (2024)
- Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 by NUTS 2 region 3.3 Index (2025)
- Economic accounts for agriculture by NUTS 2 region - indices 99.01 Index, n-1 = 100 (2024)
- Agricultural land prices by region 5,823 Euro per hectare (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia?
- Over-qualification rates by economic activity in Slovakia was 20.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest over-qualification rates by economic activity recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest over-qualification rates by economic activity recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2009.
- How does Slovakia rank for over-qualification rates by economic activity?
- Slovakia ranks 15th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is over-qualification rates by economic activity rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Over-qualification rates by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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