SLOVAKIA

Capital Bratislava
Area (km2) 49 012
Total population (thousands, 2021) 5 447
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, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 20%
   hourly wage, 2021 17%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 5%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 59%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 22%
Women researchers, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 41%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 78.2
   males, years 71.2
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 17.1
   males, years 13.3
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.6
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 26.0
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 27.3
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
2.2
2.0
1.0
-1.9
-0.6
1.8
Unemployment rate
 (%)
8.1
6.5
5.7
6.7
6.8
6.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
18.9
14.9
16.1
19.3
20.6
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 185 743
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 34 140
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 99.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 104.8
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 26 592
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2021 0.540
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, 2021 3 626
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2021 849
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 982
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 45
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 2 052
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 8 580
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 3 366
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 30 138