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🇸🇮 Slovenia in official data

How Slovenia is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.

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Where it stands in the EU

• Disability employment gap: Slovenia has the lowest value in the EU (15.7 pp, 2025).
• People with at least basic digital skills: Slovenia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (46.5 %, 2025).
• At risk of poverty or social exclusion: Slovenia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (15.5 %, 2025).
• Housing cost overburden rate: Slovenia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (3.5 %, 2025).
• Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET): Slovenia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (7.6 %, 2025).

Brain: Education, research & innovation

Eyes: Information & Digital Access

Ears: Civic Participation

Jaw: Justice & Institutions

Neck: Government & Public Administration

Heart: Economy & Financial Stability

Left lung: Healthcare

Right lung: Environment & Climate

Stomach: Cost of Living

Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare

Left kidney: Housing

Right kidney: Essential Utilities

Left arm: Employment

Right arm: Job Quality

Left hand: Youth Opportunities

Right hand: Workplace Safety

Left leg: Roads & Transport

Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility

Left foot: Regional Accessibility

Right foot: Digital Infrastructure

Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion

Researched context (not official statistics)

For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:

• Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, the maths gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students in Slovenia was similar to the OECD average (91 points against 93), and slightly fewer disadvantaged students reached the top quarter.
• Scientific research outcomes: Research in Slovenia is cited less often than the EU average (20th in the EU), but it is strongly international: co-publications with foreign researchers are well above the EU average (11th).
• Public voice: CIVICUS rates civic space in Slovenia as "open", the best of its five levels.
• Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Slovenia 36th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, down from 33rd in 2025.
• Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Slovenia 26th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 28th for civil justice.
• Court efficiency: Courts in Slovenia took an estimated 355 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, up from 344 in 2023 and longer than in most EU countries.
• Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Slovenia’s government at 74.9 out of 100 in 2025, slightly down from 75.6 in 2023.
• Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Slovenia’s roads 33rd of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.6 out of 5.
• Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Slovenia took 23 minutes on average, shorter than the EU average of 25.
• Access to services: Most people in Slovenia can reach work or study without a car: 74.3% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, above the EU average.

Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.

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