Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$21,900 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

4.6% (2008)

Population

5,463,046 (July 2009 est.)

Country Risk Ratings

A3

Ease of Doing Business

36/181

Global Competitiveness

4.4/134

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gE Network

There are 6 members in the
gE Network for this country.

Slovakia : Introduction

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.

Slovakia: National Bank of Slovakia

As the supervisor of sound development of the banking sector and the performance of banking activities, the National Bank of Slovakia represents the Slovak Republic in international financial institutions and international money market transactions. Available in Slovak and English.

Slovakia: Bratislava Stock Exchange

 

Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (October 2009)