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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Slovenia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Slovenia best banks and safest banks are also available.
Slovenia recognizes the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for its economy, according to the country’s Minister for Economic Development and Technology, and is working hard to draw interest from foreign investors.
USD 0.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 54.2 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 76.0 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 6.9% | 3.3% | -7.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | -2.7% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 3% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 4.5% |
*Estimate
USD 26,234.3 (2018, estimate)
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| N/A | N/A | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
1.9% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -0.5% | -0.1% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| 9% | 8% | 6.6% | 5.1% | 4.5% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 82.6% | 78.7% | 74.1% | 70.4% | 67.1% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -3.3% | -1.6% | -0.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AA-
Moody's: Baa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 5.3 billion | USD 6.3 billion | USD 7.3 billion |
5.7 % (2018 estimate)
85.2% (2018)
0.23% (2018)
0.16% (2018)
Manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food
Germany 18.9%, Italy 10.7%, Austria 7.4%, Croatia 7.1%, France 4.8%, Poland 4.2%, Hungary 4.2% (2017)
Germany 16.5%, Italy 13.5%, Austria 9.3%, Turkey 5.8%, Croatia 4.8%, China 4.5% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 1,245 million | USD 782 million | USD 1,419 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 290 million | USD 315 million | USD 82 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | USD -1,139 million | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
37 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 41 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 119 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 23 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 54 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 119 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 18 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 45 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 1 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 112 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 8 out of 190 countries
35 out of 141 countries
Ranking: 58 / Score: 65.5 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Slovenian (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside)
Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
| N/A | 1.99 million | 2.05 million | 2.06 million | 2.07 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 28.2% | 48% |
50.8% |
54.5% |
Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 99.7%
Definition: na (2015 est.)
0% (last available estimate, 2015)
25.4 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 33.4% Mobile: 118.7% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)