Europe & Central Asia · High income
Slovenia: the economy in numbers
Per person: $37,376, or $59,245 at purchasing power parity. Population: 2.13 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #86 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +3.2%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $48.9 billion in 1990, $79.6 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $24,476 per person in 1990, $37,376 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 2.8% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1991: 6 of 35.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 2.08 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 1,281% in 1989. Years with inflation above 100%: 6. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 83.4% of GDP in 2015. IMF forecast for 2031: 68.2%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $20.7 billion, or 26.0% of GDP.
Population
1960: 1.58 million · 2025: 2.13 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 7.1% · 2025: 3.2%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 69.0 years · 2024: 82.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
1990: 74.4% · 2025: 78.6%.
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 | 2.1%f | 2.1%f | 68.2%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.1%f | 2.1%f | 67.0%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.1%f | 2.2%f | 65.9%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.1%f | 2.2%f | 64.8%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 2.2%f | 2.5%f | 64.0%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 3.2%f | 3.5%f | 63.5%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $79.6B | $37,376 | $59,245 | 1.1% | 2.4% | 65.1% | 2.13M | 3.2% | 26.0% | 78.6% | |
| 2024 | $73B | $34,301 | $57,571 | 1.7% | 2.0% | 66.3% | 2.13M | 3.7% | 15.7% | 82.3 | 80.9% |
| 2023 | $69.3B | $32,660 | $56,151 | 2.4% | 7.4% | 68.2% | 2.12M | 3.7% | 14.6% | 81.9 | 83.4% |
| 2022 | $59.9B | $28,360 | $52,322 | 2.7% | 8.8% | 72.7% | 2.11M | 4.0% | 13.6% | 81.3 | 94.3% |
| 2021 | $61.5B | $29,193 | $45,923 | 8.4% | 1.9% | 74.8% | 2.11M | 4.7% | 17.5% | 80.7 | 83.7% |
| 2020 | $53.4B | $25,392 | $41,767 | −4.1% | −0.1% | 80.2% | 2.1M | 5.0% | 15.8% | 80.5 | 78.3% |
| 2019 | $53.9B | $25,814 | $42,373 | 3.5% | 1.6% | 66.0% | 2.09M | 4.4% | 14.7% | 81.5 | 84.4% |
| 2018 | $53.7B | $25,888 | $38,620 | 4.4% | 1.7% | 71.0% | 2.07M | 5.1% | 13.5% | 81.4 | 85.6% |
| 2017 | $48.2B | $23,303 | $36,180 | 5.2% | 1.4% | 74.9% | 2.07M | 6.6% | 13.1% | 81.0 | 83.9% |
| 2016 | $44.3B | $21,448 | $33,575 | 3.0% | −0.1% | 79.4% | 2.07M | 8.0% | 11.9% | 81.2 | 78.4% |
| 2015 | $42.7B | $20,697 | $31,336 | 2.4% | −0.5% | 83.4% | 2.06M | 9.0% | 14.1% | 80.8 | 77.7% |
| 2014 | $49.5B | $24,013 | $30,572 | 2.8% | 0.2% | 81.1% | 2.06M | 9.7% | 15.2% | 81.1 | 76.7% |
| 2013 | $47.9B | $23,237 | $29,634 | −0.8% | 1.8% | 70.8% | 2.06M | 10.1% | 14.9% | 80.3 | 75.0% |
| 2012 | $46.2B | $22,442 | $28,787 | −2.9% | 2.6% | 54.1% | 2.06M | 8.8% | 14.0% | 80.1 | 73.5% |
| 2011 | $51.2B | $24,941 | $28,716 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 46.8% | 2.05M | 8.2% | 12.4% | 80.0 | 70.8% |
| 2010 | $47.8B | $23,330 | $27,579 | 1.1% | 1.8% | 38.6% | 2.05M | 7.2% | 19.7% | 79.4 | 64.8% |
| 2009 | $50B | $24,502 | $27,229 | −7.6% | 0.8% | 34.9% | 2.04M | 5.9% | 24.3% | 79.0 | 58.0% |
| 2008 | $55.5B | $27,462 | $29,461 | 3.4% | 5.6% | 21.9% | 2.02M | 4.4% | 21.3% | 78.8 | 66.6% |
| 2007 | $47.9B | $23,725 | $27,468 | 7.1% | 3.7% | 22.9% | 2.02M | 4.8% | 60.3% | 78.6 | 68.2% |
| 2006 | $39.3B | $19,563 | $25,571 | 5.9% | 2.5% | 26.2% | 2.01M | 6.0% | 38.7% | 78.1 | 65.2% |
| 2005 | $35.9B | $17,970 | $23,682 | 3.9% | 2.4% | 26.6% | 2.0M | 6.5% | 22.0% | 77.6 | 60.2% |
| 2004 | $34.2B | $17,104 | $22,588 | 4.5% | 3.6% | 27.1% | 2.0M | 6.0% | 28.3% | 77.2 | 55.5% |
| 2003 | $29.4B | $14,712 | $20,916 | 3.2% | 5.5% | 27.0% | 2.0M | 6.5% | 24.3% | 76.9 | 51.5% |
| 2002 | $23.2B | $11,639 | $20,004 | 3.3% | 7.5% | 27.7% | 1.99M | 5.9% | 24.0% | 76.0 | 52.9% |
| 2001 | $20.7B | $10,376 | $18,763 | 2.8% | 8.4% | 26.3% | 1.99M | 5.7% | 16.7% | 75.8 | 52.3% |
| 2000 | $20.2B | $10,136 | $17,892 | 3.5% | 8.9% | 26.1% | 1.99M | 6.9% | 15.4% | 75.4 | 50.5% |
| 1999 | $22.6B | $11,401 | $17,007 | 5.3% | 6.2% | 23.8% | 1.98M | 7.3% | 12.6% | 75.0 | 44.3% |
| 1998 | $22.1B | $11,132 | $15,994 | 3.1% | 7.9% | 22.8% | 1.98M | 7.4% | 13.5% | 74.8 | 47.7% |
| 1997 | $20.7B | $10,437 | $15,257 | 5.2% | 8.4% | 22.1% | 1.99M | 6.6% | 9.0% | 74.7 | 47.6% |
| 1996 | $21.5B | $10,797 | $14,284 | 2.9% | 9.9% | 21.6% | 1.99M | 6.9% | 74.5 | 46.2% | |
| 1995 | $21.4B | $10,738 | $13,637 | 4.1% | 13.5% | 18.2% | 1.99M | 7.2% | 74.0 | 45.4% | |
| 1994 | $16.4B | $8,244 | $13,975 | 5.3% | 21.0% | 1.99M | 8.2% | 73.4 | 49.1% | ||
| 1993 | $14.4B | $7,255 | $12,976 | 2.8% | 31.8% | 1.99M | 8.5% | 73.3 | 48.1% | ||
| 1992 | $14.3B | $7,151 | $12,296 | −5.5% | 209.9% | 2.0M | 7.8% | 73.3 | 51.7% | ||
| 1991 | $14.5B | $7,229 | $12,698 | −8.9% | 114.8% | 2.0M | 7.1% | 73.4 | 68.4% | ||
| 1990 | $19.8B | $9,925 | $13,491 | 552.1% | 2.0M | 73.2 | 74.4% | ||||
| 1989 | 1,281% | 2.0M | 72.7 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 198.8% | 2.0M | 72.4 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 132.1% | 1.99M | 72.0 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 95.9% | 1.97M | 71.8 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 79.4% | 1.94M | 71.4 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 53.7% | 1.93M | 70.9 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 40.2% | 1.92M | 70.5 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 30.1% | 1.91M | 71.1 | ||||||||
| 1981 | 42.6% | 1.91M | 71.2 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1.9M | 71.1 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 1.88M | 70.9 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 1.86M | 70.7 | |||||||||
| 1977 | 1.84M | 70.6 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 1.82M | 70.3 | |||||||||
| 1975 | 1.79M | 70.4 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 1.78M | 70.2 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 1.77M | 69.4 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 1.75M | 69.1 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 1.74M | 68.8 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 1.72M | 68.6 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 1.71M | 68.4 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 1.7M | 68.9 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 1.69M | 69.4 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 1.67M | 69.0 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 1.65M | 68.4 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 1.63M | 68.7 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 1.62M | 68.6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 1.6M | 69.0 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 1.59M | 69.0 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 1.58M | 69.0 |
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)