Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Slovakia's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 1984, reaching 17.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.8.

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 8.4% (from 19.1 in 1980).

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