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2014 OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC

CHARTBOOK: BASIC STATISTICS This chartbook compares Slovak Republic to other OECD countries

INCOME: Slovakia’s GDP per capita is below the OECD average

Slovakia • GDP per capita: USD 26 724

OECD average • GDP per capita: USD 39 274

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

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

HEALTH CARE: Slovakia spends less on health care than the OECD average

Slovakia • 8.1% of GDP

OECD average • 9.2% of GDP

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

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

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

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

PENSIONS: Slovakia spends less than the OECD average on pensions (as % of GDP)

Slovakia • 7.4% of GDP

OECD average • 8.7% of GDP

DEBT: Slovakia’s 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

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

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%

UNEMPLOYMENT: Slovakia has a higher unemployment rate than the OECD average

Slovakia • 14.2%

OECD average • 7.9%

UNEMPLOYMENT: Slovakia has a higher youth unemployment rate than the OECD average

Slovakia • 33.7%

OECD average • 16.1%

ENVIRONMENT: Slovakia’s 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

INEQUALITY: Slovakia has a lower inequality (as measured by the Gini index) than the OECD average

Slovakia • 0.26

OECD average • 0.31

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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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