Human development index (HDI), an index based on life expectancy, education and GDP (max. 1)
0.844
World rank in HDI
35
Key economic sectors (% of GDP in 2014)
Services (62); industry (33.6); agriculture (4.4)
Unemployment in Dec 2012
14.7%
Main religious denominations (% of population)
62·0% of the population were Roman Catholic, 5·9% members of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, 5·8% Greek Catholic
Political system
The President is directly elected and can serve a maximum of two five-year terms. The unicameral legislature, the National Council, serves a four-year term.
Electoral system
The National Council is elected by proportional representation
Current (March 2017) leaders
President: Andrej Kiska (since June 2014) Prime Minister: Robert Fico (since March 2012)
Previous leaders:
President: Ivan Gašparovic (2004 - 2014) Prime Minister: Iveta Radicová (2010 -2012)
Joined the EU/EC
2004
Commissioner from country in Barroso II College of Commissioners, and portfolio
Maros Sefcovic (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, Vice-President of the Commission)
Number of MEPs
13
Turnout in 2014 EP elections (%)
13.05 (19.64 in 2009)
Member of eurozone
Yes (joined on 1 January 2009)
Except where a specific reference is inserted, the sources for this profile are either Neill Nugent’s book itself, or Barry Turner (ed.), The Statesman’s Yearbook Online, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. If your library subscribes, you can gain access at http://www.statesmansyearbook.com
