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|Row 4 title = Population | |Row 4 title = Population | ||
|Row 4 info = 5,463,046 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SK">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_lo.html "Slovakia"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-21.</ref> | |Row 4 info = 5,463,046 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SK">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_lo.html "Slovakia"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-21.</ref> | ||
|Row 5 title = Life expectancy | |Row 5 title = Population growth % | ||
|Row | |Row 5 info = 0.14 (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SK" /> | ||
|Row | |Row 6 title = Life expectancy | ||
|Row | |Row 6 info = 75.4 years<ref name="CIA_SK" /> | ||
|Row | |Row 7 title = Unemployment | ||
|Row | |Row 7 info = 11.4% (2009)<ref name="CIA_SK" /> | ||
|Row | |Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]] | ||
|Row | |Row 8 info = 35<ref name="Heritage_SK">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Slovakia "Slovakia"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-21.</ref> | ||
|Row | |Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]] | ||
|Row | |Row 9 info = 56<ref name="Transparency_SK">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Slovakia"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-21.</ref> | ||
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]] | |||
|Row 10 info = 42<ref name="Business_SK">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Slovakia"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-21.</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small> | <small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small> | ||
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Revision as of 11:59, 28 September 2010
The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004 and the euro area on 1 January 2009.[1]
Economical characteristics
- Currency: Euro (ISO code: EUR)
- Central bank discount rate: 1% (31 December 2008)[1]
- Commercial banks lending rate: NA%[1]
- Stock of money (M1): $847.3 million (31 December 2008)[1]
- Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $23.15 billion (31 December 2008)[1]
Statistics
| Statistic / Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP (million USD)[2] | 29 925 | 28 701 | 30 296 | 34 613 | 45 804 | 56 032 | 61 286 | 69 057 | 84 242 | 98 464 |
| Govt. debt (% of GDP)[3] | 45.719 | 45.127 | 36.287 | 41.881 | 31.311 | 36.586 | ||||
| Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[4] | 35.606 | 34.019 | 30.645 | 30.087 | 29.076 | 28.983 | ||||
| Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[5] | 36.640 | 35.784 | 33.566 | 33.168 | 30.552 | 30.873 | ||||
| Debt to revenue (years) | 1.284 | 1.327 | 1.184 | 1.392 | 1.077 | 1.262 |
References
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCIA_SK - ↑ World Bank. "Slovakia: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
- ↑ World Bank. "Slovakia: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
- ↑ World Bank. "Slovakia: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
- ↑ World Bank. "Slovakia: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
External links
- Slovakia on Wikipedia
- Central bank of Slovakia
- Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
- BBC country profile