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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

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

2.1

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

2.4

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

5.4

Intra-EU Risk

lower score = lower risk

4.4

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour2
Worker rights & FOA2
OHS & audit transparency2
Food & product safety2
Environmental & regulatory2
Governance & anti-corruption5
Tariff & preferential access1
Non-tariff barriers1
Supply chain traceability2

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict2
Supplier concentration3
Climate & physical risk2
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights4

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness4
Supply base depth6
Logistics & infrastructure6
Workforce skills6
Scalability5
Ease of doing business5
Trade access & tariffs8
Sustainability baseline5
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards6

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

Slovakia$231.4bn total importsEU-2727.5% · $63.6bnGermany7.4% · $17.2bnCzechia4.9% · $11.4bnOther Europe, nes4.6% · $10.7bnPoland3.1% · $7.2bnHungary2.6% · $6.0bnASEAN-60.4% · $930mUS0.4% · $802mJapan0.3% · $593mChina0.1% · $336m

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

Electricity costs →

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-in

Market 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…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

5 nuclear plants

2.5 GW · 1 building

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 risk
Governance & rule of law5
Labour standards enforcement5
Regulatory enforcement gap4
Supply chain transparency5
Political & EU-integration risk4
Payment & insolvency risk4
Logistics & Nordic connectivity4

Full intra-EU profile → · methodology

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

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)