Slovenia
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 2.1M (2025). World rank 148 of 216; in Europe, 32 of 48. Area: 20,273 km². World rank 155 of 249; in Europe, 36 of 52. Life expectancy: 82.3 years (2024). World rank 32 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 20 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $42.7B → $79.6B and GDP per person $20,697 → $37,376.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Slovenia
- Local name
- Slovenija
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Nataša Pirc Musar
- Head of government
- Janez Janša
- Independence
- June 25, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 35.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 2,130,986 2025
- Area
- 20,273 km²
- GDP
- $79.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $37,376 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Slovenian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +386
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 113
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 47
- Neighbours
- Austria, Croatia, Italy, Hungary
- Agricultural land
- 30.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Triglav, 2,864 m
- Lowest point
- Adriatic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 492
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 9
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 20°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,162 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 105.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 56% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +2.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 14.9% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 22.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 7.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 69%, no religion 18%, Orthodox 4%, Muslim 3%, and other 3% (2019)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 73.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 60.7 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 74.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 66.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 77.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $59,245 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $35,520 2025
- Inflation
- +2.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 64 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 28.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 58.6% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 52.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 78.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 73.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +3.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 21% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 24.7 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.5% 1991
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 108% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 80.1% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.9% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $3,371 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 11.7% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.4 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 10.6 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 95% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 1.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 3 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 54.9% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 20.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 98% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.6 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 5.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 18.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 81 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 12.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 6.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 8.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 61.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 40.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 8,840 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 5.6% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 90.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 131 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 34.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .si
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,417 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 23.4% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 36.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 19.8% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,866 2022
- Airports
- 42 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,207 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 2.1% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,616 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 3,568 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 154 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 8.3% 2024