Slovakia
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.4M (2025). World rank 122 of 216; in Europe, 26 of 48. Area: 49,037 km². World rank 131 of 249; in Europe, 27 of 52. GDP per person: $28,544 (2025). World rank 58 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 30 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $89.2B → $154.5B and GDP per person $16,442 → $28,544.
State
- Official name
- Slovak Republic
- Local name
- Slovensko
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Peter Pellegrini
- Head of government
- Robert Fico
- Independence
- January 1, 1993
- Women in parliament
- 23.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,413,813 2025
- Area
- 49,037 km²
- GDP
- $154.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $28,544 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Slovak
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +421
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 150, 155, 158
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
- Agricultural land
- 37.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Gerlachovský štít, 2,655 m
- Lowest point
- Bodrog, 94 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 458
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 11
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 23°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 824 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 110.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 53.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -31.4K 2025
- Born in another country
- 5.9% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 19% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 59.8%, no religion 23.8%, Protestant 6.9%, and other 3% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 66.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 49.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 64.3 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 62 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 73.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $49,309 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $26,410 2025
- Inflation
- +4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 58 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 28.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 59.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 18.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 55.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 85.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 85.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 19.1% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 23.8 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.5% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 103% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 93.2% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 54.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.7% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,813 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 20.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.7 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 5.6 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 94% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 5.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 6.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 60.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 29.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 6.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 9.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 77.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 5.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 7.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 40.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 37.5% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,320 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 2.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 89.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 140 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 33.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .sk
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,713 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 17.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 23.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 14.7% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,925 2022
- Airports
- 116 2025
- Railways, km
- 3,627 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 3,507 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 5,332 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 167 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 10.6% 2024