IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2022

Competitiveness Country Profiles

Slovenia Competitiveness Trends – Overall

OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries)

BASIC FACTS

Rank

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Capital Land area (square km '000)

Ljubljana

20 2021

35

37

37

0.845 2021

38

Exchange Rate (per $)

40

2.11 2021 57 61.5 2021 54 44,108 2021 32 8.1 2021 13 1.91 2021 14 4.70 2021 20 1.02 2021 56 3.06 2021 21 20.4 2020 61 0.91 2020 44

Population - market size (millions)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions)

CHALLENGES IN 2022

GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)

• Coping with inflation caused by rising energy and food prices. • Managing shortages in the labour market accompanied by wage pressures and challenges in filling vacancies. • Implementation of National Recovery and Resilience Plan with emphasis on digitalization. • Reform of public health and pension system and setting up long-term care system. • Managing public finance deficit.

Real GDP growth (%)

Consumer price inflation (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Labor force (millions)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Direct investment stocks inward ($bn)

Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP)

PROVIDED BY: Institute for Economic Research, Llubljana

COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE

Economic Performance Government Efficiency

Business Efficiency

Infrastructure

Domestic Economy

International Trade

International Investment Employment Prices

Public Finance Tax Policy

Institutional Framework Business Legislation

Societal Framework

Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance

Management Practices

Attitudes and Values

Basic Infrastructure

Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure

Health and Environment Education

10

11

20

25

30

31

34

35

36

36 33

37

41

42

42

44

50

50

51

54

PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries)

POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (36 countries)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

23

22

22

24

24

25

23

23

27

25

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