This document is a chartbook from the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic that compares Slovakia to other OECD countries across various economic and social metrics. It finds that Slovakia has a lower GDP per capita than the OECD average, spends less than average on health care, education, pensions, and R&D, and has higher unemployment and youth unemployment than average. However, it also finds that Slovakia has lower inequality and CO2 emissions per capita than other OECD countries.
2. INCOME: Slovakiaâs GDP per capita is below
the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠GDP per capita: USD 26 724
OECD average
⢠GDP per capita: USD 39 274
3. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: Slovakia
has less youth and elderly people than the
OECD average
Slovakia
⢠13.5% are over 65 years old
⢠15.3% are under 15 years old
OECD average
⢠15.6% are over 65 years old
⢠18.2% are under 15 years old
4. LENGTH OF LIFE: life expectancy in
Slovakia is below the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠Life expectancy: 76.2 years-old
OECD average
⢠Life expectancy: 80.1 years-old
5. HEALTH CARE: Slovakia spends less on
health care than the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠8.1% of GDP
OECD average
⢠9.2% of GDP
6. WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT: In Slovakia,
women represent a lower share of parliament
than in most OECD countries
Slovakia
⢠19% of women in Parliament
OECD average
⢠27% of women in Parliament
7. EDUCATION: Slovakia spends less than all
other OECD countries on education (as % of
GDP)
Slovakia
⢠2.8% of GDP
OECD average
⢠3.9% of GDP
8. EDUCATION: the Slovak PISA scores are
below the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠Reading: 463
⢠Math: 482
⢠Science: 471
OECD average
⢠Reading: 496
⢠Math: 494
⢠Science: 501
9. R&D: Slovakia spends below the OECD
average on research and development (as %
of GDP)
Slovakia
⢠0.8% of GDP
OECD average
⢠2.4% of GDP
10. PENSIONS: Slovakia spends less than the
OECD average on pensions (as % of GDP)
Slovakia
⢠7.4% of GDP
OECD average
⢠8.7% of GDP
11. DEBT: Slovakiaâs general government net
financial debt is lower than the OECD
average (as % of GDP)
Slovakia
⢠27.8% of GDP
OECD average
⢠69.6% of GDP
12. HOURS WORKED: Hours per year by those
holding a job in Slovakia is close to the
OECD average
Slovakia
⢠1 770hours per year
OECD average
⢠1 771 hours per year
13. EMPLOYMENT: Slovakia has a lower employment
rate for both women and men than the OECD
average
Slovakia
⢠Women: 53.3%
⢠Men: 66.4%
OECD average
⢠Women: 57.4%
⢠Men: 73.1%
14. UNEMPLOYMENT: Slovakia has a higher
unemployment rate than the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠14.2%
OECD average
⢠7.9%
15. UNEMPLOYMENT: Slovakia has a higher
youth unemployment rate than the OECD
average
Slovakia
⢠33.7%
OECD average
⢠16.1%
16. ENVIRONMENT: Slovakiaâs CO2 emissions
per capita from fossil fuel combustion are
lower than the OECD average
Slovakia
⢠6 tonnes of CO2
OECD average
⢠11 tonnes of CO2
17. INEQUALITY: Slovakia has a lower inequality
(as measured by the Gini index) than the
OECD average
Slovakia
⢠0.26
OECD average
⢠0.31
18. List of country abbreviations
JPN Japan
KOR Korea
LUX Luxembourg
MEX Mexico
NLD Netherlands
NZL New Zealand
NOR Norway
POL Poland
PRT Slovakia
SVK Slovak Republic
SVN Slovenia
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland
TUR Turkey
GBR United Kingdom
USA United States
OECD OECD average
AUS Australia
AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CAN Canada
CHL Chile
CZE Czech Republic
DNK Denmark
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
FRA France
DEU Germany
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JPN Japan
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