Political situation
The current government of the Slovak Republic was created based on elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic (NR SR), which took place on 29th February 2020.
The party that received most votes was „Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti“ (OĽANO), 25.02 % of participating voters. It entered into a coalition with the following parties: „Sme rodina“, which came third in the elections with 8.24%; „Sloboda a Solidarita“ (SAS) party, which came sixth with 6,22 % of votes and „Za ľudí“, which was seventh with 5.77 % of votes.
Igor Matovič, the chairman of „Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti“ (OĽANO) party, became the prime minister. Boris Kollár, the chairman of „Sme rodina“ party, became the chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic was taken by „Sloboda a Solidarita“ (SAS) party and Branislav Gröhling became the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport.
In the spring of 2021, the government has been reconstructed with Eduard Heger (OĽANO) as the new prime minister.
Economic situation
Gross domestic product and expenditure on education
| Year | |||
| 2000 | 2005 | 2017 | |
| Gross domestic product (in mil. Eur) | 31601.3 | 50250.6 | 84 850.90 |
| Expenditure on education as % of GDP | 3.74 | 3.77 | 4.30 |
Sources:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky), 2018. Revised and preliminary annual GDP data at current prices (Revidované a predbežné ročné údaje HDP v bežných cenách). Bratislava: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (last accessed 30/04/2021).
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (Centrum vedecko-technických informácií Slovenskej republiky), 2001. Set of Economic indicators for 2000 (Súbor ekonomických ukazovateľov za rok 2000). Bratislava: Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (last accessed 30/04/2021).
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (Centrum vedecko-technických informácií Slovenskej republiky), 2006. Set of Economic indicators for 2005 (Súbor ekonomických ukazovateľov za rok 2005). Bratislava: Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (last accessed 30/04/2021).
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (Centrum vedecko-technických informácií Slovenskej republiky), 2018. Set of Economic indicators for 2017 (Súbor ekonomických ukazovateľov za rok 2017). Bratislava: Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (last accessed 30/04/2021).
Most inhabitants of the Slovak Republic reached higher secondary education - vocational education, secondary education or full secondary education.
Population according to the highest attained education
| Highest education attained | Population according to the census | |||
| to 26 May 2001 | to 21 May 2011 | |||
| persons | in % | persons | in % | |
| Lower secondary (ISCED 2) | 1 132 995 | 21.06 | 808 490 | 14.98 |
| Higher secondary - vocational, secondary and full secondary (ISCED 3) | 2 615 573 | 48.62 | 2 760 011 | 51.14 |
| Higher vocational (ISCED 5) | 26 648 | 0.50 | 80 616 | 1.49 |
| All levels of higher education (ISCED 6-8) | 423 324 | 7.87 | 747 968 | 13.86 |
| Without school education including children up to 16 years of age who attended primary school | 1 095 382 | 20.36 | 846 321 | 15.68 |
| Unidentified | 85 533 | 1.59 | 153 630 | 2.85 |
| TOTAL | 5 279 455 | 100.00 | 5 397 036 | 100.00 |
Source:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky), 2012. First definitive results from the 2011 Population and Housing Census: Population by Highest Educational Attainment - Census 2011, 2001, 1991 (Prvé definitívne výsledky zo Sčítania obyvateľov, domov a bytov 2011: Obyvateľstvo podľa najvyššieho dosiahnutého vzdelania – sčítanie 2011, 2001, 1991). Bratislava: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (last accessed 30/04/2021).