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GDP
2022: Industry's share of GDP - less than 25%
2021: Agriculture's share of GDP - less than 2%
2020: Trade with Russia accounts for 5% of Slovakia's GDP
National debt
2023: State debt - 59% of GDP
Inflation
2022
Inflation in November - 14.9%
Inflation in July - 13.2%
Budget
2024: EU's biggest budget deficit - 6% of GDP
Investments
2023: Reduced foreign investment
Energy carriers
Slovakia is a member of the Three Seas Initiative, aimed at countering Russia.
Power
2025:5 operating nuclear reactors
The number of operating nuclear reactors in countries around the world according to Bloomberg as of February 2025:
- UNITED STATES: 94
- China: 57
- France: 57
- Russia: 36
- South Korea: 26
- India: 20
- Canada: 17
- Ukraine: 15
- Japan: 14
- United Kingdom: 9
- Spain: 7
- Czech Republic: 6
- Pakistan: 6
- Sweden: 6
- Belgium: 5
- Finland: 5
- Slovakia: 5
- Hungary: 4
- Switzerland: 4
- UAE: 4
- Argentina: 3
- Belarus: 2
- Brazil: 2
- Bulgaria: 2
- Mexico: 2
- Romania: 2
- South Africa: 2
- Armenia: 1
- Iran: 1
- Netherlands: 1
- Slovenia: 1
2024: Top EU spot for nuclear fuel purchases from Russia from 2022
The leader in the consumption of nuclear fuel of Russian origin in 2024 was Slovakia, which has contracts for the supply of nuclear fuel from Rosatom (through TVEL) for its Mokhovets and Bogunice nuclear power plants until 2026, with the possibility of extension until 2030. At the same time, in 2022, Slovakia began to look for an alternative supplier, having agreed with the US-Canadian company Westinghouse in 2023 on the supply of nuclear fuel from 2026.
According to The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025, Ljubljana purchased 80 tons of nuclear fuel in 2022, almost tripled this volume to 231 tons in 2023, and reduced to 178 tons in 2024 (against 54 tons in 2021).
2022: Rise in electricity prices due to pressure on Russia
A colossal rise in electricity prices in the EU could "kill the economy," Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger said in an interview with the Financial Times at the end of September 2022. He demanded that Brussels allocate €5 billion from unused regional funds to Slovakia in order to reduce energy bills for business. "Otherwise, [Slovak enterprises] will close and can destroy the whole economy," the politician says. According to him, the increased electricity bills have brought Slovakia to the brink of "collapse."
Heger warned that in the absence of support from Brussels, the government would be forced to nationalise the electricity system. According to the Financial Times, at the beginning of the year, the Slovak authorities decided to sell excess capacity, which are now forced to buy back at inflated prices. "Slovaks buy for €500 what they sold for €100," the head of the Cabinet explained.
2021
Natural gas is the main source of energy in the country
The average price of electricity is €270,92/MVt·ch
2020: Average energy consumption per capita
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Largest companies
Infocommunication technologies
Social media
2019
Transport
2021: Average train speed - 85.4 km/h
Automotive market
2022
Slovakia allowed flying cars
At the end of January 2022, it became known that an auto-aircraft hybrid vehicle called AirCar received an official airworthiness certificate from the Slovak Transport Administration. The certificate was obtained in the category of experimental aircraft and is valid throughout the territory. European Union This is the first time Slovakia I have allowed use. flying cars More. here
The minimum age for driving is 17 years
2021
Driving penalty with phone in hand €60
1 million cars produced
Agriculture
10th in the world in terms of export of dried apricots - $2.41 million
Slovakia took the 10th place in the world in terms of export of dried apricots, which in 2024 delivered products worth $2.41 million. This is evidenced by the data of the Grand View Research study, the results of which TAdviser got acquainted with in early December 2025. Read more here
2021: 2.8% of workers are employed in agriculture
2019: Low use of pesticides in agriculture
Food industry
2021: Cheese production - 8.1kg per capita
Foreign trade
2024: 2nd in the EU for US car exports - $6.2 billion
2022
Germany is the largest export destination
Trade deficit with China
2018: Clothing exports - $1.4 billion
Labour market
2023: 2.9% of the population is not working full time
2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - less than 5%
2020: Pension granted from the age of 63, real retirement age for men is 60
2019: Average labor productivity - $35.83 per hour
Unemployment
2023: Youth unemployment 18.8%
2022: Unemployment rate - 6 %
2020: Unemployment rate - 7.8%
Welfare of citizens
2023: $2 billionaires
2020: 2nd since the end in the EU in terms of financial assets of citizens
2018: In Slovakia - 1.8 billionaires for 10 million people
Salaries
2024: Maximum personal income tax rate - 25%
2023: Minimum wage - $572
2021: Average net income per employee - 8.7 thousand euros per year
2018: Salaries of top officials in government management
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2017: Average monthly salary
Real estate
2025: Slovakia halts all real estate deals due to hacking of cadastral ministry servers
As a result of a large-scale cyber attack on the systems of the geodetic, cartographic and cadastral department of Slovakia (UGKK), which occurred in early January 2025, the work of the real estate market was completely paralyzed in the country. Read more here.
2021: The average level of housing provision for the population
2020: Property prices rise by 16%
Consumption
2023: Pork is the most consumed type of meat
2021
Prostitution: Abolitionism. Buying and selling sexual services is legal, organised activities are often illegal
There are 163 pet dogs per 1,000 people
2019
Wine consumption - 17 liters per person
Low coffee consumption - 3.4 kg per year per person
Pork is the most consumed type of meat
Beer consumption in liters per year per person
2018
Per capita tea consumption per kg per year
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Milk consumption in liters per year per person
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Tourism
2021: Largest outbound tourism destination - Czech Republic
2019
Revenues of international tourism - 3.5% of the total export of goods and services
More than 30% of the population went on tourist trips. Czech Republic is the most popular country
2018
Tourism revenues
Number of foreign tourists
Number of countries with visa-free entry
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