CENTRAL EUROPE

Slovakia

Bratislava · pop. 5M · Slovak · euro · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#19

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · 1.12

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	1.11
1996	1.13	+0.01 pts
1997	1.07	−0.06 pts
1998	1.05	−0.02 pts
1999low	1.04	−0.01 pts
2000	1.10	+0.06 pts
2001	1.12	+0.01 pts
2002	1.10	−0.02 pts
2003	1.12	+0.02 pts
2004	1.10	−0.02 pts
2005	1.13	+0.03 pts
2006	1.13	0 pts
2007	1.14	+0.01 pts
2008	1.16	+0.02 pts
2009	1.12	−0.04 pts
2010	1.13	+0.01 pts
2011	1.15	+0.01 pts
2012	1.14	0 pts
2013	1.16	+0.02 pts
2014	1.20	+0.03 pts
2015	1.20	+0.01 pts
2016	1.20	0 pts
2017	1.21	+0.01 pts
2018	1.21	−0.01 pts
2019	1.23	+0.02 pts
2020	1.24	+0.01 pts
2021high	1.25	+0.01 pts
2022	1.21	−0.03 pts
2023	1.20	−0.01 pts
2024latest	1.12	−0.08 pts

economic momentum

$26.0K

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $26.0K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990low	$2,437
1991	$2,727	+11.9%
1992	$2,959	+8.5%
1993	$3,143	+6.2%
1994	$3,821	+21.6%
1995	$4,883	+27.8%
1996	$5,248	+7.5%
1997	$5,172	−1.4%
1998	$5,561	+7.5%
1999	$5,652	+1.6%
2000	$5,422	−4.1%
2001	$5,712	+5.4%
2002	$6,555	+14.7%
2003	$8,675	+32.4%
2004	$10.7K	+22.8%
2005	$11.6K	+9.3%
2006	$13.2K	+13.1%
2007	$16.1K	+22.3%
2008	$18.7K	+16.3%
2009	$16.6K	−11.5%
2010	$16.9K	+1.9%
2011	$18.5K	+9.3%
2012	$17.5K	−5.2%
2013	$18.3K	+4.5%
2014	$18.8K	+2.5%
2015	$16.4K	−12.4%
2016	$16.6K	+1.2%
2017	$17.6K	+6.1%
2018	$19.6K	+10.9%
2019	$19.4K	−0.9%
2020	$19.7K	+1.7%
2021	$22.1K	+12.1%
2022	$21.3K	−3.6%
2023	$24.6K	+15.5%
2024latest	$26.0K	+5.6%

prices

2.8%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 2.8%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers33

when	value	change
1992	9.9%
1993high	23.3%	+13.4 pts
1994	13.4%	−9.87 pts
1995	9.8%	−3.57 pts
1996	5.8%	−4.07 pts
1997	6.1%	+0.37 pts
1998	6.7%	+0.52 pts
1999	10.6%	+3.90 pts
2000	12.0%	+1.47 pts
2001	7.3%	−4.71 pts
2002	3.1%	−4.20 pts
2003	8.6%	+5.43 pts
2004	7.5%	−1.01 pts
2005	2.7%	−4.84 pts
2006	4.5%	+1.77 pts
2007	2.8%	−1.73 pts
2008	4.6%	+1.84 pts
2009	1.6%	−2.98 pts
2010	1.0%	−0.66 pts
2011	3.9%	+2.96 pts
2012	3.6%	−0.31 pts
2013	1.4%	−2.21 pts
2014	−0.1%	−1.48 pts
2015	−0.3%	−0.25 pts
2016low	−0.5%	−0.19 pts
2017	1.3%	+1.83 pts
2018	2.5%	+1.20 pts
2019	2.7%	+0.15 pts
2020	1.9%	−0.73 pts
2021	3.1%	+1.21 pts
2022	12.8%	+9.62 pts
2023	10.5%	−2.24 pts
2024latest	2.8%	−7.77 pts

demographic curve

1.5 children per woman

Below replacement: shrinking in the long run unless migration offsets it.

2024 · 1.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960high	3.0
1961	3.0	−2.6%
1962	2.8	−4.4%
1963	2.9	+3.2%
1964	2.9	−1.0%
1965	2.8	−3.8%
1966	2.7	−4.3%
1967	2.5	−6.8%
1968	2.4	−3.6%
1969	2.4	+1.7%
1970	2.4	−0.8%
1971	2.4	+0.8%
1972	2.5	+2.5%
1973	2.6	+2.8%
1974	2.6	+2.0%
1975	2.5	−2.3%
1976	2.5	0.0%
1977	2.5	−2.4%
1978	2.5	−0.8%
1979	2.5	−0.8%
1980	2.3	−5.3%
1981	2.3	−1.3%
1982	2.3	−0.4%
1983	2.3	0.0%
1984	2.3	−0.9%
1985	2.3	0.0%
1986	2.2	−2.7%
1987	2.1	−2.7%
1988	2.1	−0.5%
1989	2.1	−2.8%
1990	2.1	+1.0%
1991	2.0	−1.9%
1992	1.9	−5.9%
1993	1.9	−3.1%
1994	1.7	−10.7%
1995	1.5	−9.0%
1996	1.5	−3.3%
1997	1.4	−2.7%
1998	1.4	−4.2%
1999	1.3	−2.9%
2000	1.3	−2.3%
2001	1.2	−7.7%
2002low	1.2	−0.8%
2003	1.2	+0.8%
2004	1.3	+4.2%
2005	1.3	+1.6%
2006	1.3	−1.6%
2007	1.3	+1.6%
2008	1.3	+5.5%
2009	1.4	+7.5%
2010	1.4	−0.7%
2011	1.4	+1.4%
2012	1.3	−7.6%
2013	1.3	0.0%
2014	1.4	+2.2%
2015	1.4	+2.2%
2016	1.5	+5.7%
2017	1.5	+2.7%
2018	1.5	+1.3%
2019	1.6	+1.9%
2020	1.6	+1.3%
2021	1.6	+2.5%
2022	1.6	−3.7%
2023	1.5	−5.1%
2024latest	1.5	−2.0%

Metrics

population

5M

126 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$134B

60 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$24,615

41 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$2B

65 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

1.8%

60 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

49K km²

132 of 176

REST Countries
population density

102 /km²

63 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

78.0 yr

49 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

87%

62 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

5.5 t

40 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

53%

116 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.5

124 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

5.9%

70 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

2.1%

82 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

1.0%

39 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

3,507

29 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

5.4K

57 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

11%

51 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

23.8

1 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

18%

113 of 166

ILO via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.57

46 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

49

52 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

23.0

32 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.880

37 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

144K

43 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

664

101 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data