STA, 22 October 2019 - The average disposable income of Slovenian households was up 5.8% across Slovenia in 2018 on the year before. The northern Koroška region had the highest disposable income per citizen, followed by south-eastern and central Slovenia, shows the Statistics Office data released on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the lowest disposable income was recorded in the north-eastern Pomurje region.
The average Slovenian household disposable income stood at some EUR 11,870.
It increased the most in the Posavje region and south-east Slovenia - by 7.3% in each, and the least in Pomurje - by 4.3%.
The household disposable income mainly depends on wages, which were up by 7.2% in 2018 compared to the previous year.
The regional disparities were slightly bigger in 2018 than in 2017; however, they have significantly reduced since 2008.
Compared to the national average, the disposable income of Slovenian regions varied by 3.3% in 2018, while in 2008 the average gap between regions was at 6.6%.
More details on this data can be found here, while more statistics on Slovenia are here
