President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
1,996,617
73,126
Life Expectancy
77.480 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Ljubljana
Largest city
Ljubljana (population: 255,115)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.923
0.797
GDP per capita
$29,000 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
6.7
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
10%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
11.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
parliamentary republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)
English (official), French patois
Exports
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
External Debt
$61,230,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.67 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), tolars per US dollar - 190.85 (2006), 192.71 (2005), 192.38 (2004) note: Slovenia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
0
Location
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Area
20,273 km sq
751 km sq
Coastline
47 km
148 km
Climate
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
