Current state and development of soil properties according to main threats to soil (soil acidification, salinization and sodification, soil contamination, decline in soil organic matter and available macro- and micronutrients, soil erosion and compaction) based on soil monitoring system in Slovakia are evaluated in this paper. Based on obtained results under the most frequent degradation processes belong physical degradation processes - soil compaction and erosion where about 52 % of agricultural land is potentially affected by soil erosion in Slovakia. Chemical degradation processes running gradually, e. g. soil acidification, soil contamination - the soils that have been contaminated in the past, are contaminated also at present. There is ˂ 1 % contaminated soils of agricultural land in Slovakia.