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Slovakia: prices

Slovakia's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Slovakia, the page says so.

Transport prices: Slovakia is the 4th highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

annual average change: 2.3% for Slovakia, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole.

Slovakia against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Slovakia: 4.2% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the 5th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 3Croatia4.4%
joint 3Hungary4.4%
5Slovakia4.2%
6Latvia3.8%
7Austria3.6%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 12.2% in 2000. Lowest: -0.5% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 18* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Slovakia: 3.1% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 17th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
15Austria3.6%
16Malta3.5%
17Slovakia3.1%
18Italy3.0%
19Portugal2.9%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 18.6% in 2022. Lowest: -3.8% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 8.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 15* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Slovakia: 3.3% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the joint 13th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
12Netherlands3.9%
joint 13Latvia3.3%
joint 13Slovakia3.3%
15Portugal2.7%
16Ireland2.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 37.7% in 2000. Lowest: -2.4% in 2017.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 13* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Slovakia: 1.2% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 14th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
12Latvia1.5%
13Netherlands1.3%
14Slovakia1.2%
15Lithuania0.3%
16Malta0.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 51.3% in 1999. Lowest: -4.4% in 2021.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.8%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Slovakia: 2.3% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the 4th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
2Romania4.6%
3Malta3.6%
4Slovakia2.3%
5Germany2.0%
6Austria1.6%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 15.8% in 2000. Lowest: -6.2% in 2015.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.3%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Slovakia: 12.4% in 2025, the 6th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Slovakia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
4Croatia13.9%
5Spain12.7%
6Slovakia12.4%
7Czechia10.4%
8Lithuania9.8%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2007 to 2025. Highest: 29.0% in 2007. Lowest: -12.8% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.2%*.

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Modification notice and disclaimer

The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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