Slovakia
Slovensko
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 19%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 30.1%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 21.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 16.5%
- women 20.2%, men 11.6%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 2.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 2011 census
Languages
12 languages, 3 of them endangered
- RusynVulnerable
- SlovakVulnerable
- UkrainianVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Carpathian Romani
- Czech
- German
- Hungarian
- Polish
- Serbisk
- Slovak Sign Language
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- School of Crafts ÚĽUV2024
- Lipizzan horse breeding traditions2022
- Falconry, a living human heritage2021
- Drotárstvo, wire craft and art2019
- Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe2018
- Multipart singing of Horehronie2017
- Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia2016
- Bagpipe culture2015
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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