Slovakia
Retiring to Slovakia from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand.
The country figures on this page were checked at their official sources on Oct 16, 2026; each one shows its own source and date.
Research in progress. The official data sources for Slovakia have not yet been through our quality assessment, so this page is incomplete. What is published here is sourced and dated; what is missing is missing rather than estimated.
Residency and healthcare · measured for Slovakia
- Food 111.4
- Housing, water, electricity and gas 118.0
- Health 58.0
- Transport 118.9
- Restaurants and hotels 106.7
- Communication 131.1
- Clothing and footwear 127.4
- Overall average 92.8
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Prices against the world average in Slovakia", https://expatalmanac.com/slovakia, figures as of 2021; original data: World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Not yet linked.Towns we cover in Slovakia
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Regions — no town covered yet: Banská Bystrica · Bratislava · Košice · Nitra · Prešov · Trenčín · Trnava · Žilina
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