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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		5 475^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		111.7^a
Capital city		Bratislava
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		432.5^c
UN membership date		19 January 1993
Surface area (km2)		49 035^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.4^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	89 179	107 733	132 908^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.2	-2.6	1.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	16 453.0	19 749.0	24 086.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	2.3	1.9	2.2^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	33.2	31.8	36^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	64.5	66.3	61.8^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	3.1	2.6	2.4^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	36.2	36.6	34.9^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	60.7	60.9	62.7^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11.5	6.7	5.2ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	51.9 / 67.9	51.8 / 66.5	55.1 / 66.2ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109	118	155^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	90	103	98^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	75 010	86 708	111 711^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	73 105	84 998	111 053^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	1 905	1 709	658^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 829	-471	- 3 895^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1	~0.0	-0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	53.9	53.7^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.2^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.4	1.6	1.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	80.1 / 73.1	80.2 / 73.4	81.8 / 75.4^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	15.3 / 20.8	15.9 / 23.3	15.6 / 25.3^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	177.6 / 3.3	197.2 / 3.6	324.0 / 5.9^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.5	2.6	124.3^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	6.4	6	4.6^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.8	7.1	7.7^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.5	3.7	3.7^l
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.3 / 98.3	99.7 / 100.1	102.7 / 103.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.1 / 96.8	93.9 / 94.2	97.1 / 97.0^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.6 / 85.0	88.7 / 84.3	88.6 / 84.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.9	1.2	1.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	18.7	20.7^m	23.3^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	77.6ⁿ	89.9ⁿ	89.8^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.2	0.9	0.9^o
Threatened species (number)	45	116	150^d
Forested area (% of land area)	40	40.1	40.1^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	28.7 / 5.3	26.3 / 4.8	26.9 / 4.9^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	290	280	282^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	129	125	126^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	4 869	5 630^c	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	85.6	85.7	85.7^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	88.5 / 75.5	88.5 / 75.5	88.5 / 75.5^l
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^q (% of GNI)	0.1	0.16	0.15^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		2022
m		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
n		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
o		2021
p		The number of inbound arrivals is based on a combination of accommodation statistics and border survey statistics (as calculated within Tourism Satellite Account).
q		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).