EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Slovakia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Slovakia on the world stage
Total imports
$231.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$231.2bn
237 partners
#1 import source
Germany
7.4%
#1 export dest.
Germany
10.7%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Slovakia
EU imports from
€81.1bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€83.4bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#19
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.03
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
82
EUR/MWh
Consumer
175
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
97
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
19%
of generation
Wholesale 85 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (OKTE)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
URSO (Urad pre regulaciu sietovych odvetvi / Regulatory Office for Network Industries)
Slovakia has the EU's highest nuclear share (61%) after Mochovce Unit 3 came online in 2023 (Unit 4 expected soon). This locks the system into nuclear fleet costs and creates concentrated technology risk. Limited…
Tracked infrastructure
10 gas plants
1.0 GW
2 coal plants
274 MW
1 solar farms
25 MW
5 nuclear plants
2.5 GW · 1 building
4 hydro plants
1.7 GW
1 steel plants
4,500 ktpa
3 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
267
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
170
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Other (poly)-metallic, Copper, Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase ambient (SHMU); E-PRTR facility…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskDemographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
41.8
→ 49.3 by 2050
Fertility
1.56
below replacement
Working-age
65.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
28.2
→ 52.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.51M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -10% (4.94M)