Country Sheet : Slovenia

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Last Update on 2nd July 2024

SLOVENIA

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Geography

Area : 20,273 km²

Borders : 1,370 km (Austria 318 km, Croatia 670 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 280 km)

Coastline : 47 km

Capital : Ljubljana

Official language : Slovenian, plus Hungarian and Italian in some areas

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Population

Population : 2,099,790 (2023 est.)

Crude natural change rate : -2‰ (2022)

Population repartition: 15% under 15 years old, 21.4% over 65 years old (2023)

Foreign residents: EU-nationals 1%, non-EU nationals 5.7% (2018)

Crude net migration rate: 1.5 ‰ (2023 est.)

First time asylum applicants: 7,260 (2023)

Life expectancy: men 79.2 years, women 85 years (2023 est.)

Religions: Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (2022 est.)

Source : Eurostat, OECD, Slovenian Statistical Office, The CIA World Factbook

Economy

Currency: Euro

GDP: € 63,089.6 millions (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): € 29,750 (2023)

GDP growth : 1.6% (2023)

Inflation: 2.5% (May 2024)

Public debt: 69.2% of GDP (Q4 2023)

Unemployment: 3.3% (January 2024)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 41.1% of GDP (2022)

Performance sectors: food industry, appliances, pharmaceuticals

Budget balance: -2.6% of GDP (Q4 2023)

Source : Eurostat, OECD, Bank of Slovenia, Trading Economics

Political system

Republic, parliamentary democracy (23rd December 1991)

Head of State: Natasa Pirc Musar, independent candidate, was elected on 13th November 2022. She took office on 23rd December 2022.

Prime Minister: Robert Golob (Freedom Movement) after the parliamentary elections of 24 April 2022. He took office on 1 June, leading a centre-left coalition.

Bicameral parliamentary system: The National Assembly (Državni zbor) comprises 90 members elected for four years by direct universal suffrage through proportional representation The National Council (Državni svet) comprises 40 members, elected for five years by representatives from unions and local communities