Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Slovakia's employment decreased by 0.8% compared to 2024, reaching 2,529k.

Slovakia accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

Slovakia ranks 16th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 2,484k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.