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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Slovakia fits inside Ukraine 12 times

Slovakia: 49,030 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Slovakia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Slovakia’s highest peak towers 594 m above Ukraine’s

Slovakia: 2,655 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 38% of Slovakia

Slovakia: 37.8% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ukraine has 7.2 times as many people as Slovakia

Slovakia: 5.41 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Slovakia is 67% more densely populated than Ukraine

Slovakia: 113 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

Slovakia: 181 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

Slovakia: 167.1 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 0.68 years older than in Slovakia

Slovakia: 41.3 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Slovakia have 0.5 more children on average than in Ukraine

Slovakia: 1.46 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

Slovakia: 19% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Slovakia hosts 428 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Slovakia: 26 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Slovakia has produced 1.8 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Slovakia: 1.8 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

Slovakia: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ukraine’s economy is 39% larger than Slovakia’s

Slovakia: $155 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Slovakia produces 2.6 times as much per person as Ukraine

Slovakia: Int$49,309 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ukraine than in Slovakia (Gini 1.8 points higher)

Slovakia: 23.8 (2023) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

0.5% of people in Slovakia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Slovakia: 0.5% (2023) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 5.4% in Slovakia

Slovakia: 5.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Slovakia 2.0%

Slovakia: 2% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Slovakia’s 19%

Slovakia: 19.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Slovakia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Ukraine’s

Slovakia: 58% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Slovakia spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Slovakia: $1,813 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Slovakia live 3.7 years longer than in Ukraine

Slovakia: 78.4 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ukraine is 43% more likely to die before turning one than in Slovakia

Slovakia: 5.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Slovakia has 5% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Slovakia: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 10% more hospital beds per person than Slovakia

Slovakia: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 2.2 times that in Slovakia

Slovakia: 8.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Slovakia are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Slovakia: 30.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Slovakia smoke, versus 24% in Ukraine

Slovakia: 29.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Slovakia rate their lives 1.60 points higher than in Ukraine

Slovakia: 6.26 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Slovakia drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Slovakia: 9.1 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Slovakia has 42% more meat per person than Ukraine

Slovakia: 70 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Slovakia has 194 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Slovakia: 2,980 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ukraine put in 424 more hours a year than in Slovakia

Slovakia: 1,621 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Slovakia went to school 2 years longer than in Ukraine

Slovakia: 13.1 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Slovakia: no data · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

Slovakia: 8 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Slovakia 43

Slovakia: 43 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Slovakia are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Slovakia: 90% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Slovakia is 24% faster than in Ukraine

Slovakia: 220 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 53% in Slovakia

Slovakia: 53% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Slovakia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Slovakia: 140 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 6 times as long as Slovakia’s

Slovakia: 3,626 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ukraine fly 33 times as many passengers per resident as those from Slovakia

Slovakia: 0.00036 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 40% of Slovakia, but only 17% of Ukraine

Slovakia: 40.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Slovakia emits 40% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Slovakia: 5.3 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

19% of Slovakia’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Slovakia: 18.7% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ukraine carries 8% more fine dust than in Slovakia

Slovakia: 13.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Slovakia

Slovakia: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 2 times as deadly as in Slovakia

Slovakia: 9.5 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ukraine is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Slovakia

Slovakia: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Slovakia gets 40% more rain than Ukraine

Slovakia: 864 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Slovakia bigger than Ukraine?

Ukraine is larger. Slovakia fits inside Ukraine 12 times.

Which has more people, Slovakia or Ukraine?

Ukraine has 7.2 times as many people as Slovakia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Slovakia or Ukraine?

People in Slovakia live 3.7 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in Slovakia and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Slovakia or Ukraine?

Slovakia and Ukraine are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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