President: Ivan Gasparovic Prime minister-elect: Robert Fico
Sultan, prime minister, foreign minister: Qaboos Bin Said Al Said
Population
5,483,088
3,090,150
Life Expectancy
76.030 years
74.470 years
Capital City
Bratislava
Muscat
Largest city
Bratislava (population: 423,737)
Muscat (population: 797,000)
Human Development Index
0.872
0.839
GDP per capita
$23,600 US
$26,900 US
Literacy Rate
99.6%
81.4%
Corruption Perception Index
5
5.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.3%
9.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
13.500%
15.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
parliamentary democracy
monarchy
Independence date
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)
Religions
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
Ibadhi Muslim 75%, other (includes Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu) 25%
Languages
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
Exports
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
External Debt
$72,940,000,000 $
$9,054,000,000 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
Omani rials (OMR) per US dollar - 0.3845 (2008 est.), 0.3845 (2007), 0.3845 (2006), 0.3845 (2005), 0.3845 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.080%
11.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6
0
Location
Central Europe, south of Poland
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE
