Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Slovakia's population change decreased by 2.6% compared to 1980, reaching 18.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.7.

Slovakia ranks 4th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.6% (from 20.8 in 1976).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.