SLOVAKIA

Capital Bratislava
Area (km2) 49 012
Total population (thousands, 2023) 5 427
Population density (per km2) 111
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.statistics.sk
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 18%
   hourly wage, 2023 16%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 7%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 81.5
   males, years 74.9
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 19.8
   males, years 16.0
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 24.2
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 27.3
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.0
-1.9
-0.6
1.8
0.3
-0.2
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.7
6.7
6.8
6.1
5.8
5.3
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
16.1
19.3
20.6
19.9
19.8
19.2
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 254 299
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 46 585
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 85.5
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 85.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 37 324
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2024 0.512
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 40
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 98

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 3 629
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 866
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 1 077
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 49
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 3 776
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 8 468
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 4 849
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 30 904