President: Ivan Gasparovic Prime minister-elect: Robert Fico
Population
73,599,190
5,483,088
Life Expectancy
55.740 years
76.030 years
Capital City
Bratislava
Largest city
Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)
Bratislava (population: 423,737)
Human Development Index
0.361
0.872
GDP per capita
$23,600 US
Literacy Rate
67.2%
99.6%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7
5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%
19.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
13.500%
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Exports
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
External Debt
$72,940,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Slovak koruny (SKK) per US dollar - 21.05 (2008 est.), 24.919 (2007), 29.611 (2006), 31.018 (2005), 32.257 (2004) note: on 1 January 2009 Slovakia adopted the euro as legal tender
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.080%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
6
Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola
Central Europe, south of Poland
Area
2,344,858 km sq
49,035 km sq
Coastline
37 km
0 km
Climate
tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)
