Joining the Eurozone will mitigate financing risks amid the global downturn
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MEDIUM RISK for entreprise
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Economic risk
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Last updated in January 2023.
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GDP | USD 67.84bn (World ranking 77, World Bank 2021) |
Population | 3.90mn (World ranking 129, World Bank 2021) |
Form of state | Parliamentary Democracy |
Head of government | Andrej PLENKOVIC (prime minister) |
Next elections | 2024, presidential and legislative |

- EU membership and good international relations
- Eurozone accession in January 2023 provides for low transfer and convertibility risk
- Fiscal prudence since 2015 (only temporarily interrupted in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis)
- Comfortable annual current account balances since 2010 (surpluses or moderate deficits)
- Adequate, improving business environment

- Vulnerability to EU business cycle and tourism activity
- Public debt has remained high despite fiscal consolidation since 2015
- Elevated external debt-to-GDP ratio
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, annual 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Slovenia
12.7%
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1 |
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Italy
12.5%
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2 |
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Germany
11.8%
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3 |
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Hungary
9.1%
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4 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.5%
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5 |
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, annual 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
8.7%
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1 |
7.2%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
7.3%
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2 |
6.4%
Road vehicles
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Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
5.3%
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3 |
5.5%
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
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Electric current
5.2%
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4 |
5.4%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
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Manufactures of metal, n.e.s.
4.0%
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5 |
4.4%
Articles of apparel & clothing accessories
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