Slovakia: Trade openness
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| Slovakia |
Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 170.34 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2025 |
| Average | 146.70 |
| Min - Max | 56.47 - 204.06 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2025 is 170.34 percent, a decline from 171.21 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 90.55 percent, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for Slovakia from 1990 to 2025 is 146.7 percent. The minimum value, 56.47 percent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 204.06 percent was recorded in 2022.
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| Recent values | Slovakia: Trade openness |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 170.34 |
| 2024 | 171.21 |
| 2023 | 181.39 |
| 2022 | 204.06 |
| 2021 | 181.98 |
| 2020 | 167.53 |
| 2019 | 183.72 |
| 2018 | 188.73 |
Definition: Exports plus imports as percent of GDP.
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| Related indicators | Latest | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 94.00 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 170.34 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 0.455 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 85.09 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 131.50 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 3.98 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 85.25 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 131.73 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 1.33 | 2025 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 5.01 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | -68.33 | 2020 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -3.63 | 2025 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -5.60 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Current Account, quarterly | -2.31 | 3/2026 | percent |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -0.15 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | 0.12 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 18.16 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 2.07 | 2025 | percent |
| Remittances | 3,196.27 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -1,430.39 | 2025 | million USD |
| External debt | 96.34 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 36.09 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 340.97 | 2024 | percent |
| External debt in foreign currencies | 1.93 | 2024 | percent |