Poland: 440 km (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Slovakia’s highest peak towers 156 m above Poland’s

Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 2,655 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 38% of Slovakia

Poland: 46.2% (2024) · Slovakia: 37.8% (2024)

Poland has 6.7 times as many people as Slovakia

Poland: 36.4 million (2025) · Slovakia: 5.41 million (2025)

Poland is 6% more densely populated than Slovakia

Poland: 119 per km² (2025) · Slovakia: 113 per km² (2025)

Poland and Slovakia are practically level

Poland: 41.3 years (2023) · Slovakia: 41.3 years (2023)

Women in Slovakia have 0.3 more children on average than in Poland

Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Slovakia: 1.46 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 19% in Slovakia

Poland: 20.8% (2025) · Slovakia: 19% (2025)

Poland hosts 4% more refugees per resident than Slovakia

Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Slovakia: 26 per 1,000 (2025)

Poland has produced 7.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Slovakia 1.8

Poland: 7.7 (2026) · Slovakia: 1.8 (2026)

Poland and Slovakia are practically level

Poland: 1 (2026) · Slovakia: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 6.7 times the size of Slovakia’s

Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Slovakia: $155 billion (2025)

Poland produces 10% more per person than Slovakia

Poland: Int$54,262 (2025) · Slovakia: Int$49,309 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Poland than in Slovakia (Gini 4.7 points higher)

Poland: 28.5 (2023) · Slovakia: 23.8 (2023)

Slovakia and Poland are practically level

Poland: 0.2% (2023) · Slovakia: 0.5% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Slovakia, versus 3.0% in Poland

Poland: 3% (2025) · Slovakia: 5.4% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Slovakia 2.0%

Poland: 4.5% (2025) · Slovakia: 2% (2025)

Slovakia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Poland: 17.4% (2024) · Slovakia: 19.1% (2024)

Slovakia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Poland’s

Poland: 52% (2025) · Slovakia: 58% (2025)

Poland spends 11% more on health per person than Slovakia

Poland: $2,014 (2024) · Slovakia: $1,813 (2023)

A baby in Slovakia is 47% more likely to die before turning one than in Poland

Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Slovakia: 5.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 9% more doctors per person than Slovakia

Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Slovakia: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022)

Poland has 8% more hospital beds per person than Slovakia

Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022) · Slovakia: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Poland is 60% higher than in Slovakia

Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 8.4 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Slovakia are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Poland: 25.9% (2024) · Slovakia: 30.3% (2024)

30% of adults in Slovakia smoke, versus 22% in Poland

Poland: 21.7% (2024) · Slovakia: 29.5% (2024)

People in Poland rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Slovakia

Poland: 6.77 (2025) · Slovakia: 6.26 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 27% more alcohol than in Slovakia

Poland: 11.5 litres (2023) · Slovakia: 9.1 litres (2023)

Poland has 19% more meat per person than Slovakia

Poland: 83.3 kg (2023) · Slovakia: 70 kg (2023)

Poland has 750 kcal more food per person per day than Slovakia

Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023) · Slovakia: 2,980 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 186 more hours a year than in Slovakia

Poland: 1,807 hours (2023) · Slovakia: 1,621 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.11 years longer than in Slovakia

Poland: 13.2 years (2023) · Slovakia: 13.1 years (2023)

Poland: 0.54 (2024) · Slovakia: no data

Poland has 10 more World Heritage sites than Slovakia (18 against 8)

Poland: 18 (2026) · Slovakia: 8 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Slovakia 43

Poland: 335 (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 43 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Slovakia are online, versus 89% in Poland

Poland: 89% (2024) · Slovakia: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Poland is 31% faster than in Slovakia

Poland: 288 Mbps (2026) · Slovakia: 220 Mbps (2026)

Poland and Slovakia are practically level

Poland: 100% (2024) · Slovakia: 100% (2024)

60% of people in Poland live in cities, versus 53% in Slovakia

Poland: 60% (2025) · Slovakia: 53% (2025)

Slovakia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Poland 138

Poland: 138 (2024) · Slovakia: 140 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 5.1 times as long as Slovakia’s

Poland: 18,620 km (2021) · Slovakia: 3,626 km (2021)

Airlines from Poland fly 678 times as many passengers per resident as those from Slovakia

Poland: 0.24 (2023) · Slovakia: 0.00036 (2022)

Forest covers 40% of Slovakia, but only 31% of Poland

Poland: 31% (2024) · Slovakia: 40.3% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 34% more CO₂ than someone in Slovakia

Poland: 7.1 t (2024) · Slovakia: 5.3 t (2024)

32% of Poland’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Slovakia

Poland: 31.5% (2025) · Slovakia: 18.7% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 18% more fine dust than in Slovakia

Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Slovakia: 13.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 40% more likely to be murdered in Slovakia than in Poland

Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 21% deadlier than in Slovakia

Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 9.5 per 100k (2023)

Poland is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Slovakia

Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Slovakia: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Slovakia gets 13% more rain than Poland

Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Slovakia: 864 mm (2016–2025 avg)