Slovenia

Information

Capital Ljubljana
Currency Euro (EUR)
Government Parliamentary Pepublic
Area/ Size 20,273 sq km
Population 1,972,126 (July 2017 est.)
Language 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) (2002 census)
Religion 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)
Climate Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
Industry Industries: ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools

Industrial production growth rate: 8.1% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food

Exports – partners: Germany 18.9%, Italy 10.7%, Austria 7.4%, Croatia 7.1%, France 4.8%, Poland 4.2%, Hungary 4.2% (2017)

Transport Airports: 16 (2013)

Pipelines: gas 1,155 km; oil 5 km (2017)

Railways: total: 1,229 km

Roadways: total: 38,985 km; paved: 38,985 km

Economy GDP (PPP): $75.604 billion (2018 est.)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 1.8%

industry: 32.2%

services: 65.9% (2017 est.)

Other Facts Electricity – from fossil fuels: 31.8% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

Electricity – from nuclear fuels: 34.4% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

Electricity – from hydroelectric plants: 31.9% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

Internet users: total: 1,493,382; percent of population: 75.5% (July 2016 est.)