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Slovakia

At a glance

  • Slovakia has a population of about 5.4M; its total GDP of $154.5B ranks #58 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 46,927 km² is about 25% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • International tourist arrivals stands out most against the median: 15.3M — rank #17 of 162 countries with data.

Slovakia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 5.4M (2025) #120 / 169 median 11.5M · 47%
Population growth -0.2% (2025) #150 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 53.2% (2025) #117 / 169 median 63.8% · 83%
Population aged 65+ 19.0% (2025) #32 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.6×
Fertility rate 1.5 (2024) #128 / 169 median 2.1 · 70%
Birth rate 8.5‰ (2024) #143 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 53%
Death rate 9.9‰ (2024) #32 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.4×
Net migration -31.4K (2025) #139 / 169 N/A
Surface area 46,927 km² #132 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 25%
Population density derived 115/km² (2025) #53 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.6×
Economy
GDP (total) $154.5B (2025) #58 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.9×
GDP per capita $28,544 (2025) #40 / 168 median $6,834 · 4.2×
GNI per capita $26,410 (2025) #40 / 168 median $6,350 · 4.2×
GDP growth (annual) 0.8% (2025) #140 / 168 median 3.1% · 26%
Inflation rate 4.0% (2025) #60 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 5.4% (2025) #79 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.0×
Gini index 23.8 (2023) #153 / 153 median 35.3 · 67%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.5% (2023) #111 / 153 median 2.5% · 20%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 85.1% (2025) #7 / 163 median 35.0% · 2.4×
Imports share of GDP 85.2% (2025) #11 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.1×
Agriculture share of GDP 1.6% (2025) #142 / 168 median 7.2% · 22%
Manufacturing share of GDP 16.2% (2025) #33 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.4×
International tourist arrivals 15.3M (2018) #17 / 162 median 1.1M · 14×
Tourism receipts $1.3B (2020) #65 / 165 median $705M · 1.8×
Health & education
Life expectancy 78.4 years (2024) #43 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 5.3‰ (2024) #122 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 41%
Under-five mortality 6.3‰ (2024) #122 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 40%
DPT immunization 96.0% (2024) #42 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 5.6 per 1,000 (2023) #22 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 2.8×
Health spending share of GDP 7.4% (2023) #69 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.1×
Secondary school enrollment 93.2% (2024) #72 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 4.7% (2022) #60 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.1×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.880 (2023) #37 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 89.8% (2024) #48 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 140.0 per 100 (2024) #31 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.2×
Fixed broadband 33.8 per 100 (2024) #34 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.8×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #64 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 5.5 t (2024) #41 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.1×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 29.9 Mt (2024) #71 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.4×
Renewable electricity share 23.6% (2021) #99 / 169 median 34.1% · 69%
Renewable energy consumption 17.9% (2021) #107 / 169 median 26.9% · 67%
Forest area 40.1% (2023) #59 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.2×
Agricultural land 38.0% (2023) #93 / 169 median 41.7% · 91%
Arable land 27.2% (2023) #32 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.5×
PM2.5 exposure 13.7 µg/m³ (2023) #125 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 69%
Military spending 2.0% (2024) #63 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Slovakia's true-shape outline

Slovakia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 46,927 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).