Cost of living in Slovak Republic
63.9 with the United States at 100
Prices in Slovak Republic are 36% cheaper than the United States, and it ranks 69th of 204 countries by price level (dearest first). Figures are for 2025.
Against New Zealand it is 28% cheaper.
Two agencies agree. For 2024, the World Bank's figure works out at 59.0 and Eurostat's at 61.1 — a gap of 2.0 points. Two independent programmes landing within 5 points is the strongest evidence available that the level is right.
Compared with its region
Slovak Republic against the Europe & Central Asia countries closest to it on price level.
- Slovak Republic 63.9
- Portugal 64.9
- Latvia 62.4
- Greece 65.5
- Lithuania 62.1
- Cyprus 66.9
- Czechia 67.0
- Slovenia 67.0
- Spain 68.7
SOURCE·World Bank — International Comparison Program·PPP conversion factor for household final consumption, and the official market exchange rate. CC BY 4.0.·REVIEWED AUG 2026
What is dear and what is cheap
Eurostat prices 19 spending categories separately for Slovak Republic (2024), again with the United States at 100. This is where a national average stops being one number: a country can be cheap to eat in and expensive to drive in.
- Communication 111.4
- Clothing and footwear 97.2
- Fish 93.9
- Furnishings and household equipment 91.6
- Alcoholic drinks 91.3
- Restaurants and hotels 91.3
- Non-alcoholic drinks 88.6
- Transport 87.9
- Milk, cheese and eggs 86.3
- Fruit and vegetables 84.2
- Food and non-alcoholic drinks 83.4
- Bread and cereals 82.9
- Recreation and culture 81.7
- Housing, water, electricity and fuel 81.4
- Tobacco 77.1
- Health 71.5
- Meat 70.2
- Education 68.1
- Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services) 54.4
SOURCE·Eurostat — purchasing power parities (prc_ppp_ind)·Price level indices by consumption category, published on an EU27=100 basis and rebased here to US=100. CC BY 4.0.·REVIEWED AUG 2026
What this figure is, and is not
- It is an index, not a price. 63.9 means the general level of consumer prices, with the US at 100. It is not a shopping bill and this site never quotes one.
- It is national, not city. Bratislava is almost certainly dearer than this. National averages cannot answer a city question.
- It is not your budget. What you actually spend depends on rent, transport and habits far more than on the national average.
Compare Slovak Republic with another country
Every pairing below is a page of its own, with the category detail side by side. Nearest on price level first.
How the price level is worked out
- The World Bank publishes a purchasing power parity for household consumption — how much local currency buys the same basket as one US dollar — and the official market exchange rate for the same year.
- The price level is simply PPP ÷ exchange rate × 100. If a basket needs 1.50 New Zealand dollars per US dollar of purchasing power but the market hands you 1.65 New Zealand dollars for that dollar, New Zealand's prices sit at 1.50 ÷ 1.65 = 91% of the US level.
- Nothing is modelled, smoothed or estimated. You can reproduce every number on this site from two public figures.
- Where Eurostat also publishes a price level for the same country and year, the two are compared and the gap is printed — including when they disagree.
SOURCE·World Bank — International Comparison Program·PPP conversion factor for household final consumption, and the official market exchange rate. CC BY 4.0.·REVIEWED AUG 2026
SOURCE·World Bank ICP PPPs + Eurostat price level indices·price levels derived as PPP ÷ exchange rate, see method·REVIEWED AUG 2026
