Europe & Central Asia · High income
Slovakia: the economy in numbers
Per person: $28,544, or $49,309 at purchasing power parity. Population: 5.41 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #60 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +0.8%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $42.1 billion in 1990, $155 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $7,943 per person in 1990, $28,544 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 1.9% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1991: 5 of 35.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 2.47 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 23.3% in 1993.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 61.4% of GDP in 2025. IMF forecast for 2031: 72.1%.
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2014 listed domestic companies were worth $5.38 billion, or 5.3% of GDP.
Population
1960: 4.07 million · 2025: 5.41 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 12.1% · 2025: 5.4%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 70.3 years · 2024: 78.4 years.
Exports of goods and services
1990: 23.5% · 2025: 85.1%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1.8%f | 2.0%f | 72.1%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.2%f | 2.0%f | 69.6%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.5%f | 2.3%f | 67.3%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.6%f | 2.9%f | 65.5%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 1.6%f | 3.5%f | 64.6%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 0.8%f | 3.6%f | 62.2%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $155B | $28,544 | $49,309 | 0.8% | 4.0% | 61.4% | 5.41M | 5.4% | 85.1% | ||
| 2024 | $141B | $25,993 | $47,847 | 1.9% | 2.8% | 59.7% | 5.42M | 5.3% | 78.4 | 85.5% | |
| 2023 | $134B | $24,615 | $45,865 | 2.1% | 10.5% | 55.8% | 5.43M | 5.8% | 78.1 | 91.5% | |
| 2022 | $116B | $21,318 | $41,529 | 0.5% | 12.8% | 57.8% | 5.43M | 6.1% | 77.0 | 99.1% | |
| 2021 | $121B | $22,123 | $38,330 | 5.7% | 3.1% | 60.2% | 5.45M | 6.9% | 74.6 | 90.8% | |
| 2020 | $108B | $19,735 | $35,328 | −2.6% | 1.9% | 58.4% | 5.46M | 6.7% | 76.9 | 84.3% | |
| 2019 | $106B | $19,406 | $33,986 | 2.3% | 2.7% | 48.0% | 5.45M | 5.8% | 77.7 | 91.8% | |
| 2018 | $107B | $19,573 | $31,510 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 49.3% | 5.45M | 6.5% | 77.3 | 94.9% | |
| 2017 | $96B | $17,646 | $30,246 | 2.9% | 1.3% | 51.4% | 5.44M | 8.1% | 77.2 | 94.0% | |
| 2016 | $90.3B | $16,636 | $29,868 | 1.9% | −0.5% | 52.1% | 5.43M | 9.7% | 77.2 | 92.3% | |
| 2015 | $89.2B | $16,442 | $30,148 | 5.2% | −0.3% | 51.6% | 5.42M | 11.5% | 76.6 | 90.7% | |
| 2014 | $102B | $18,771 | $29,108 | 2.7% | −0.1% | 53.4% | 5.42M | 11.5% | 5.3% | 76.8 | 90.4% |
| 2013 | $99.1B | $18,313 | $28,075 | 0.7% | 1.4% | 54.6% | 5.41M | 14.2% | 5.7% | 76.4 | 92.9% |
| 2012 | $94.7B | $17,517 | $27,023 | 1.6% | 3.6% | 51.7% | 5.41M | 14.0% | 5.7% | 76.1 | 90.9% |
| 2011 | $99.7B | $18,469 | $26,202 | 2.6% | 3.9% | 43.3% | 5.4M | 13.6% | 5.4% | 76.0 | 84.6% |
| 2010 | $91.1B | $16,899 | $25,382 | 6.8% | 1.0% | 40.7% | 5.39M | 14.4% | 4.6% | 75.1 | 77.1% |
| 2009 | $89.3B | $16,587 | $23,077 | −5.5% | 1.6% | 36.4% | 5.39M | 12.0% | 5.7% | 74.9 | 68.1% |
| 2008 | $96.7B | $17,974 | $23,714 | 5.4% | 4.6% | 28.6% | 5.38M | 9.5% | 5.6% | 74.7 | 80.2% |
| 2007 | $77B | $14,330 | $21,232 | 10.8% | 2.8% | 30.4% | 5.37M | 11.2% | 9.0% | 74.2 | 83.4% |
| 2006 | $57.1B | $10,629 | $18,906 | 8.9% | 4.5% | 31.5% | 5.37M | 13.4% | 10.2% | 74.2 | 81.3% |
| 2005 | $48.8B | $9,087 | $16,570 | 6.5% | 2.7% | 35.0% | 5.37M | 16.3% | 5.0% | 73.9 | 72.6% |
| 2004 | $43B | $7,997 | $15,166 | 5.4% | 7.5% | 42.0% | 5.37M | 18.2% | 5.6% | 74.0 | 69.3% |
| 2003 | $33.8B | $6,283 | $14,088 | 4.9% | 8.6% | 43.6% | 5.37M | 17.5% | 3.8% | 73.6 | 62.8% |
| 2002 | $24.8B | $4,606 | $13,292 | 4.4% | 3.1% | 45.6% | 5.38M | 18.5% | 3.7% | 73.6 | 57.1% |
| 2001 | $21.4B | $3,974 | $12,367 | 2.9% | 7.3% | 51.4% | 5.38M | 19.1% | 2.5% | 73.4 | 57.3% |
| 2000 | $20.6B | $3,828 | $11,370 | 0.8% | 12.0% | 50.6% | 5.39M | 18.5% | 2.1% | 73.1 | 53.3% |
| 1999 | $20.8B | $3,857 | $10,726 | −0.5% | 10.6% | 47.1% | 5.4M | 16.1% | 2.2% | 72.9 | 46.4% |
| 1998 | $22.9B | $4,250 | $10,666 | 3.8% | 6.7% | 33.9% | 5.39M | 12.4% | 2.8% | 72.6 | 45.5% |
| 1997 | $22B | $4,092 | $10,137 | 5.5% | 6.1% | 32.8% | 5.38M | 11.9% | 6.2% | 72.7 | 53.5% |
| 1996 | $21.9B | $4,069 | $9,500 | 6.1% | 5.8% | 30.3% | 5.37M | 11.3% | 5.5% | 72.7 | 48.9% |
| 1995 | $20.3B | $3,787 | $8,812 | 5.8% | 9.8% | 21.3% | 5.36M | 13.1% | 5.9% | 72.3 | 53.3% |
| 1994 | $16.2B | $3,028 | $8,178 | 6.2% | 13.4% | 5.35M | 13.7% | 18.1% | 72.3 | 54.7% | |
| 1993 | $14B | $2,627 | $7,569 | 1.9% | 23.3% | 5.33M | 12.2% | 18.8% | 72.4 | 51.9% | |
| 1992 | $12.9B | $2,438 | $7,270 | −6.7% | 9.9% | 5.31M | 12.2% | 71.8 | 62.5% | ||
| 1991 | $12B | $2,254 | $7,623 | −14.6% | 5.3M | 12.1% | 70.9 | 41.1% | |||
| 1990 | $17.1B | $3,221 | $8,638 | 5.3M | 70.9 | 23.5% | |||||
| 1989 | 5.28M | 71.0 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 5.25M | 71.2 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 5.22M | 71.1 | |||||||||
| 1986 | 5.19M | 71.0 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 5.16M | 70.7 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 5.13M | 70.8 | |||||||||
| 1983 | 5.09M | 70.5 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 5.06M | 70.7 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 5.02M | 70.6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 4.98M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 4.94M | 70.7 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 4.89M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1977 | 4.84M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 4.79M | 70.5 | |||||||||
| 1975 | 4.74M | 70.3 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 4.69M | 70.2 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 4.64M | 70.0 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 4.6M | 70.3 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 4.56M | 69.9 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 4.54M | 69.7 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 4.52M | 69.8 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 4.48M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 4.45M | 70.9 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 4.41M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 4.37M | 70.2 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 4.33M | 71.0 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 4.28M | 70.6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 4.24M | 70.3 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 4.19M | 70.7 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 4.07M | 70.3 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)