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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		2 117^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		105.1^a
Capital city		Ljubljana
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		286.5^c
UN membership date		22 May 1992
Surface area (km2)		20 273^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.2^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	42 709	53 385	69 148^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.4	-4.1	2.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	20 733.0	25 392.0	32 642.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	2.3	2.2	1.7^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	32.2	32.9	33.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	65.5	65	64.9^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	6.9	4	4^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	32	34.1	32.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	61	61.9	63.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	9	5	3.1ⁱ
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	52.3 / 63.1	53.1 / 62.5	52.9 / 63.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	106	111	135^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	105	95^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	26 587	37 471ⁱ	66 611^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	25 870	36 513ⁱ	74 967^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	717	958ⁱ	- 8 356^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	1 759	4 097	3 231^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1	1.1	-0.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	53.8	54.8^j	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.7^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.6	1.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	83.3 / 77.6	83.1 / 77.6	84.6 / 79.3^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.8 / 25.0	15.1 / 27.0	14.5 / 29.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	237.6 / 11.5	278.0 / 13.2	315.1 / 14.9^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.3	1.3	12^m,d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	2.3	2.4	1.7^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.5	9.4	9.4^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.8	3.3	3.4ⁿ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.3 / 98.4	100.1 / 100.4	100.5 / 101.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.6 / 98.6	98.4 / 98.4	97.9 / 97.1^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	118.4 / 117.2	121.6 / 118.5	117.7 / 115.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	0.5	0.6^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	36.7	27.8^o	35.6^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^p (per 100 inhabitants)	73.1	86.6	90.4^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	2.2	2.1	2.1^q
Threatened species (number)	125	175	229^d
Forested area (% of land area)	62	61.5	61.3ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	12.6 / 6.1	11.7 / 5.6	11.7 / 5.5ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	143	151	128ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	134	129	128ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	3 022	1 216	3 936ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	73.3	73.8	73.8^d
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	0.37	1.15	0.85^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		2019
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		With regards to stateless statistics, the figure is an estimate based on previous NGO analysis of government data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia.
n		2022
o		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
p		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
q		2021
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).