Slovakia

Country in Europe

In brief

Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Europe, 1 of 47. Electricity from fossil fuels: 14.7% (2025). World rank 32 of 209 (1 = best); in Europe, 11 of 44. Air passengers per year: 1.9K (2022). World rank 159 of 163; in Europe, 34 of 38. From 2015 to 2025: electricity use 5,149 → 4,713 (kWh per person) and electricity from fossil fuels 19.8% → 14.7%. Better than all its neighbours (Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine): electricity from fossil fuels.

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
Mains voltage: 230 V
Plug types: C, E

Transport

Driving side: Right
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