Economy - overview:
Slovenia became the first 2004 European Union entrant to adopt the euro (on 1 January 2007) and has experienced one of the most stable political and economic transitions in Central and Southeastern Europe. With the highest per capita GDP in Central Europe, Slovenia has excellent infrastructure, a well-educated work force, and a strategic location between the Balkans and Western Europe. Privatization has lagged since 2002, and the economy has one of highest levels of state control in the EU. Structural reforms to improve the business environment have allowed for somewhat greater foreign participation in Slovenia's economy and have helped to lower unemployment. In March 2004, Slovenia became the first transition country to graduate from borrower status to donor partner at the World Bank. In December 2007, Slovenia was invited to begin the accession process for joining the OECD. Despite its economic success, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Slovenia has lagged behind the region average, and taxes remain relatively high. Furthermore, the labor market is often seen as inflexible, and legacy industries are losing sales to more competitive firms in China, India, and elsewhere. In 2009, the world recession caused the economy to contract - through falling exports and industrial production - by 8%, and unemployment to rise. Although growth resumed in 2010, the unemployment rate continued to rise, approaching 11% in 2011.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Slovenia on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovenia Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovenia Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$58.56 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP country ranks ]
$52.4 billion (2011 est.)
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1.1% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$29,100 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP - per capita country ranks ]
agriculture: 2.4%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 31.4%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - industry country ranks ]
services: 66.2% (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
938,700 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]
agriculture: 2.2%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 35%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 62.8% (2009)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
10.8% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
[see also: Unemployment rate country ranks ]
12.3% (2008)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]
lowest 10%: 3.4%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 24.6% (2004)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]
28.4 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
23.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Investment (gross fixed) country ranks ]
revenues: $21.53 billion
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expenditures: $24.2 billion (2011 est.)
[see also: Budget expenditures country ranks ]
41.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Taxes and other revenues country ranks ]
-5.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) country ranks ]
45.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
1.9% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
1.75% (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 124
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]
5.9% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$11.95 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 17 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money circulating within their own borders
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$27.52 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$55.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$9.428 billion (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle, sheep, poultry
ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools
4.5% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: Industrial production growth rate country ranks ]
13 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]
14.7 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
9.197 billion kWh (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - exports country ranks ]
3.041 billion kWh (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - imports country ranks ]
5 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
63,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
8,958 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
60,270 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 122
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]
890 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
890 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$764.9 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$28.96 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
Germany 19.2%, Italy 12.5%, Austria 7.4%, France 6.8%, Croatia 6.4%, Hungary 4.4% (2010)
$31.09 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food
Germany 16.2%, Italy 15.5%, Austria 10.6%, France 4.8%, Croatia 4.6%, China 4.1% (2010)
$1.248 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$61.23 billion (30 June 2011)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$15.92 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
$8.503 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]
euros (EUR) per US dollar -
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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