Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Slovakia's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 1997, reaching 10.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Slovakia ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.5% (from 13.8 in 1993).

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