Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Slovakia's population change decreased by 1.6% compared to 1981, reaching 18.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.5.

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 11.2% (from 20.6 in 1977).

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