EU
Slovakia
~31%
Work in exposed occupations
~795 k · estimate · 2025
5.7%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
17.4%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
0.9%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
78.1%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
18%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.59
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
2.61 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
SlovakiaEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Slovakia
- 48Not exposed
- 21Minimal
- 4Low
- 11Medium
- 9High
- 7Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+0.5%
Change 2025→2035
642 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
629 k
Replacement demand
+13 k
Expansion
- Food preparation assistants+52.6%
- Information and communications technology professionals+38.4%
- General and keyboard clerks+38.1%
- Refuse workers and other elementary workers+36.5%
- Business and administration professionals+33.3%
- Administrative and commercial managers+26.3%
- Drivers and mobile plant operators−19.6%
- Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport−25.8%
- Information and communications technicians−26.5%
- Other clerical support workers−27.8%
- Protective services workers−29.9%
- Business and administration associate professionals−45.3%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
No WEF profile for this country.