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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		5 461^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		113.6^a
Capital city		Bratislava
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		432.5^c
UN membership date		19-Jan-93
Surface area (km2)		49 035^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		94.9^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	90 311	88 468	105 080^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.9	4.8	2.3^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	16 710.9	16 275.5	19 255.9^c
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	1.8	2.9	2.8^c
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	33.8	33.9	32.1^c
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	64.3	63.2	65.1^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3.2	3.2	2.1^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	37.1	36.1	36.1^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	59.6	60.7	61.8^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	14.4	11.5	5.1^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	50.6 / 67.6	52.0 / 67.8	52.0 / 67.1^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	109	118^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	87	90	98^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	65 306	74 970	86 333^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	65 644	73 053	85 449^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-338	1 916	884^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 4 210	- 1 849	-294^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	~0.0	0.1	0.1^d
Urban population (% of total population)	54.7	53.9	53.7^c
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	-0.3	-0.2	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	1.3	1.4	1.5^d
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	78.6 / 70.8	79.8 / 72.5	80.8 / 73.7^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	15.3 / 17.8	15.3 / 20.7	15.6 / 23.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	146.3 / 2.7	177.6 / 3.3	197.2 / 3.6^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1.6^k	2.5	2.6^d
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	6.2	5.4	4.8^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.7	6.8	6.7^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.4	3.4	3.5^l
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.1	4.6	3.9^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.0 / 101.9	98.1 / 98.9	99.5 / 99.9^l
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.8 / 91.8	91.5 / 90.5	91.9 / 90.8^l
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.0 / 89.5	86.8 / 83.5	89.2 / 85.4^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.5	0.8	1.1^l
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	18	18.7	22.7ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	75.7^o,p	77.6^o,p	82.9^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	1.2	0.8^l
Threatened species (number)	34	45	117
Forested area (% of land area)	39.9	40	40.1^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	34.6 / 6.4	29.4 / 5.4	28.9 / 5.3^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	250	265	256^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	136	124	131^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	1 327	4 869	5 546^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	74.9	84.9	85.8^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	89.2 / 76.7	88.3 / 75.3	87.9 / 75.0^d
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	0.09	0.1	0.13^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Excluding inland water.
c		2019
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2018
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Users in the last 3 months.
p		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
q		The number of inbound arrivals is based on a combination of accommodation statistics and border survey statistics (as calculated within Tourism Satellite Account).
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).