🇸🇰 Slovakia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇰 Slovakia SK / SVK #127

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 11

Region European Union, Slavic Countries, Danube Region, Europe, Europe, Central Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 48/100

Press Freedom (2025) 71.9/100 #38

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.733

HDI 0.880

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 64th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 69th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 61th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 59th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 71th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 76th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 6.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Slovakia	Peter Pellegrini
Prime Minister of Slovakia	Robert Fico

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 48 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 71.9 / 100

Global Rank #38 / 180

Rank Change -9 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #60 55.1

Economic #30 59.6

Legal #34 78.5

Social #32 78.3

Safety #51 88.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.733

Liberal 0.573

Participatory 0.508

Deliberative 0.362

Egalitarian 0.566

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	71.9	38	55.1	59.6	78.5	78.3	88.1
2024	76.0	29	65.5	64.8	80.5	80.9	88.4
2023	83.2	17	78.0	75.2	83.0	89.9	90.1
2022	78.4	27	71.4	68.0	82.0	86.4	84.0
2021	77.0	35	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	77.3	33	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	76.4	35	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	79.7	27	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	84.5	17	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	86.7	12	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	88.3	14	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	88.6	20	-	-	-	-	-
2013	86.8	23	-	-	-	-	-
2012	0.0	27	-	-	-	-	-
2010	11.5	35	-	-	-	-	-
2009	11.0	44	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1.0	3	-	-	-	-	-
2006	2.5	8	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.8	8	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index