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Slovenia
Slovenia is an EU member state with a population of 2.1M. Member of the European Union since 2004.
27 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
2.1M
2025 · rank 22/27
Country at a glance
Slovenia is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Ljubljana. The country joined the European Communities in 2004 in the largest single enlargement to date — the ten central-and-eastern European, Mediterranean accession. Economically, Slovenia is a small Central European economy with manufacturing, automotive components and pharmaceuticals; the first 2004 entrant to adopt the euro. The country has used the euro since 2007, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Slovenian is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Slovenia is currently 22nd-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Slovenia, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 11k 2025 ▲8.7%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 111k 2025 ▲7.9%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 866k 2025 ▼1.3%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 100k 2025 ▲7.8%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 977k 2025 ▼0.3%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 21,433 2025 ▲2.8%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 1,915,919 2025 ▼0.2%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 193,498 2025 ▲6.1%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 2 2004
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 2,130,850 2025 ▲0.3%
Migration & asylum
14 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 1,654 2024 ▲0.3%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 500 2026 ▼87.4%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 155 2025 ▼26.2%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 70 2025 ▼62.2%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 35 2025 ▼76.7%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 35 2025 ▲0.0%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 225 2025 ▼42.3%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 880 2025 ▲1.1%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 490 2025 ▲58.1%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 2,802 2024 ▲8.6%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 15,680 2024 ▼24.3%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 8,533 2024 ▲2.8%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 363 2024 ▲38.0%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 27,378 2024 ▼14.1%
More data on Slovenia
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Slovenia (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Slovenia buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Slovenia.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Slovenia.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (27 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API