Slovakia

Country at a glance

Slovakia is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Bratislava. The country joined the European Communities in 2004 in the largest single enlargement to date — the ten central-and-eastern European, Mediterranean accession. Economically, Slovakia is a Central European manufacturing economy with the EU's highest cars-per-capita production rate, in the eurozone since 2009. The country has used the euro since 2009, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Slovak is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Slovakia is currently 19th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 18th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Slovakia stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡R&D expenditure 1.0% of GDP — far below the EU 3% target

Slovakia vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Slovakia's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Slovakia, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Slovakia

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Slovakia (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Slovakia buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Slovakia.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Slovakia.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (402 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API