President: Ivan Gasparovic Prime minister-elect: Robert Fico
Population
394,451
5,483,088
Life Expectancy
74.690 years
76.030 years
Capital City
Male
Bratislava
Largest city
Male (population: 84,972)
Bratislava (population: 423,737)
Human Development Index
0.749
0.872
GDP per capita
$8,800 US
$23,600 US
Literacy Rate
96.3%
99.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8
5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12%
19.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
14.500%
13.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
26 July 1965 (from UK)
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Religions
Sunni Muslim
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
Languages
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Exports
fish
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
External Debt
$943,000,000 $
$72,940,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
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
5.500%
1.080%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
6
Location
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Central Europe, south of Poland
Area
298 km sq
49,035 km sq
Coastline
644 km
0 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
