Data & Facts
Name: Slovak Republic, Slovenská Republika (SK), Slowakische
Republik (DE)
Short forms: Slovakia, Slovensko (SK),
Slowakei (DE) Slovaquie (FR),
Eslovaquia (ES), Slovakien (SE), Slovakio (Esperanto)
Area:
49'034 sq km -
Population:
5'447'500 (2007*)
Capital:
Bratislava -
Official language:
Slovak
Regions:
Banskobystrický, Bratislavský, Košický, Nitrianský, Prešovský, Trenčianský,
Trnavský, Žilinský
Cities:
see 
Biggest Cities
Further geographic data:
see Geography
page
Ethnic groups (census 2001-05-26): 4'615'000 Slovaks,
521'000 Hungarians, 90'000 Romanies, 44'600 Czechs, 24'000
Rhutenians, 11'000 Ukrainians, approx. 5'400 Germans, 2'600
Poles, 2'300 Moravians and 890 Croatians.
Languages:
Slovak (official language), Czech (commercial language),
Hungarian (minorities)
Religions: Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant
10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, Orthodox 0.7%; None 13%, other 3.2%
(census 2001)
Life expectancy at birth: 75.62 years (2010*)
Infant mortality rate: 6.71 deaths/1,000 live births
(2010*)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.8%, 15-64 years: 71.7%, 65 and over:12.5% (2010*)
Total fertility rate: 1.36 children born/woman (2010*)
Population growth rate:
0.129% (2010*),
1980-2001:
0.4%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: under
200 (2007*) / 400 (1999*)
Unemployment rate: 9.9% (11/2008, source: mesa10)
Unemployments rate for under-25s:
20.3% (2007, source: Eurostat)
Population below poverty line: 21% (2002). Germany: 11% -
Russia: 17,8% - USA: 12%
Gini index**: 25,8 (1996). Germany: 28,3 - Russia: 39,9
- USA: 40,8
Rate of 15 to 19 year old girls/women, which do
not go to work or school:
25% (source: OECD, 2001.
For comparison: Germany 5%)
Human development index:
41. (of 179 countries, 2006, hdr.undp.org)
Government type: parliamentary democracy - independent
since 1993-01-01
Suffrage:
18 years of age
Latest elections: 2010-06-12
President: Ivan Gašparovič (HZD, since 2004-06-15)
Prime Minister: Iveta Radičová
(SDKÚ-DS, since 2010-07-08)
Foreign Minister: Mikuláš Dzurinda
(SDKÚ-DS)
Government coalition: SDKÚ-DS (28 seats), SaS (22
seats), KDH (15 seats) und
Most-Híd (14 seats)
Opposition: Smer (62 seats), SNS (9 seats)
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International organization participation: United Nations (UN),
World Trade Organization (WTO), Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), European Council,
NATO (since 2004-03-29), European Union (EU, since 2004-05-01), Eurozone (since
2009-01-01)
Gross National Income (GNI) per capita: 11'730 US-Dollar
(2007)
GNI per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS):
19'390 US-Dollar (2007)
Average monthly wages: 850 US-Dollar (2007, source:
mesa10)
Gross Domestic Income per capita in PPS in relation to EU-27 (=100):
66.2 (2007*) / 56.7 (2004), source: Eurostat
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (2006) / 7.5%
(2004) / 12.2% (2000), source: Eurostat
Foreign indebtedness:
11'121 Mio. US-Dollar
Budget deficit in % of Gross Domestic Income:
3.6% (2003)
Currency: Euro (since 2009-01-01), formerly Slovak koruna
(SKK), Conversion rate: 30,1260 SKK
Historical exchange rates since 2000:
Minimum: 2008-12-12: 1 EUR = 30.05 SKK / 100 SKK =
3.33 EUR
Maximum:
2000-06-08: 1 EUR = 45.72 SKK / 100 SKK = 2.19 EUR
Interbank rate Euro vs. Slovak koruna: 1 Euro = ... SKK
Black line = Trend 1 month
Red line = Trend 6 month
Time: CET (Central Europe Time) -
Telephone area code from foreign countries: +421
Telephone area codes in Slovakia:
Area
Codes
Country codes:
SK (ISO 3166) and SVK -
Internet TLD:
.sk
Car sign:
SK
ISO 3166 number: 703
Internet content types:
Windows-1250 and ISO-8859-2
Telephones - landline:
1'167'000 (2006)
Telephones - landline per 1000 people:
214 (2006)
Cellular phones / mobiles:
4'893'000 (2006)
Personal Computer per 1000 people:
137
(2000)
TVs:
2'620'000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 6 national broadcasting,
7 regional, 67 local (2004) [more ...]
Radios:
3'120'000 (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
FM: 78, AM: 15, shortwave:
2 (1998) [more ...]
Internet service providers:
6 (2000) [more ...]
Internet users: 2'256'000 (2006)
Airports:
34 (2003*) [more ...]
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* estimated
** Gini index: Income of the richest in comparison to the
poorest (best value: 0=equal, worst: 100)
Sources (among others):
CIA - The World Factbook ( www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)
Eurostat ( epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int)
OECD
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