T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 19,310 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Slovakia in 2025. Each year about 1,136 people are newly diagnosed and 319 people with T1D die. A further 5,603 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
19,310
New diagnoses this year
1,136
Deaths this year
319
Missing people
5,603
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
59.7years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Slovakia?
19,310 people in Slovakia are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 352.7 per 100,000 people. That is higher than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Slovakia has the 67th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 27th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Slovakia, another 29 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Slovakia?
The number of people living with T1D in Slovakia went from 6,262 in 2000 to 19,310 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 29,280 by 2040 (+52%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Slovakia, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Slovakia over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
6,262
434
110
2,677
2010
9,970
712
182
3,338
2020
15,785
1,002
290
4,606
2025
19,310
1,136
319
5,603
2030 (projected)
22,980
1,390
469
6,851
2040 (projected)
29,280
1,268
586
10,138
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Slovakia?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Slovakia today is expected to live to 59.7, compared with 79.0 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 19.3 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 30.5 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 14.2 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Slovakia, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
48.5
30.5
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
48.5
30.5
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+9.1
57.6
21.4
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+7.2
64.8
14.2
How does Slovakia compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Slovakia compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Slovakia
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
352.7
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
20.8
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
29.0
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
59.7
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
