Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Slovakia's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 1980, reaching 9.9.

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

Slovakia ranks 14th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.2% (from 9.5 in 1976).

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