The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SO SR)

Macroeconomic Statistics Directorate 

Department of Analyses and Syntheses of National Accounts

Lamačská cesta 3/C, 840 05 Bratislava 45, Slovak Republic

28 January 2026

28 January 2026

28 January 2026

See concept 3.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Slovak Republic takes part in the ECP projects since its beginning in 1993. At first (for the reference year 1993) it was engaged in the framework of bilateral comparison with Austria and from round 1996 under the classical OECD-Eurostat multi-lateral comparison.

Since the beginning, the Statistical Office (SO SR) was the main representative of the Slovak Republic in ECP projects. During these years the well experienced and stable team of people created on SO SR. Members of this team are able to solve all difficulties and problems in connection with PPP projects.

Currently the PPP team on SO SR consists of persons, who work in three different departments. The first group consists of  persons from regional office of SO SR in Banská Bystrica, detached workplace in Bratislava. These people are responsible for price collection. Apart from collecting prices for PPP project, these people are engaged mainly in CPI tasks (they are collecting prices for CPI). The team has long time experiences with collecting prices of goods and services for CPI and PPP project purposes.

The rest of SO SR PPP team are members of Macroeconomic Statistics Directorate and Business Statistics Directorate. Consumer Price Statistics Department which is under Business Statistics Directorate is responsible unit in the SO SR for consumer goods and services (CPI), including those concerning the PPP-purposes. Within the Macroeconomic Statistics Directorate, there are two departments dealing with PPP – Market Production Department and Department od Analyses and Syntheses of National Accounts. These people are responsible mainly for compensation of employees data, tips, VAT data, GDP expenditure weights, actual and imputed rents data and also for hospital survey.

National coordinator is person from Macroeconomic Statistics Directorate.

Whereas SO SR has no experts for the construction and equipment goods prices for the PPP project purposes, all works related to the relevant surveys are outsourced by subcontractors.

Scheme of organizational structure of the SO SR in 2025

See concept 3.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 3.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 3.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 3.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 3.6 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

The whole country.

See concept 3.8 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Not applicable, because PPPs (Purchasing power parities) are primarily spatial indicators.

See concept 4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 6.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 6.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

The Act No 540/2001 Coll. on State Statistics (hereinafter Statistics Act) protects all individual data collected from the data suppliers. For the data access and confidentiality are fully in accordance with this Statistics Act. The fifth section contents the dissemination of the statistical information where is determined the responsibility about secrecy and protection of confidential data (article 29). As concerned the protection of the data related to the PPP-exercises, the same rule is valid for this data.

According to Article 31 the access is given to assigned national institutions and persons, research and scientific institutions for scientific purposes, following approval of the use. The contractors are liable under this article.

See 7.1.

Within the framework of the SO SR dissemination policy the PPP results are not published.

General information on PPP and links to PPP results published by Eurostat and OECD are available at PPP Public. There are also links to release policy of PPP and release calendar of Eurostat. Therefore all users are able to find all required information.

See 8.1.

See 8.1.

See concept 9 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Within the framework of the SO SR dissemination policy we published in previous years the official PPP results of Eurostat (GDP per capita).

Some general information on PPP and links to PPP results published by Eurostat and OECD are available at: PPP Public

See 10.1.

Within the framework of the SO SR dissemination policy we published in previous years the official PPP results of Eurostat (GDP per capita).

Some general information on PPP and links to PPP results published by Eurostat and OECD are available at: PPP Public

See concept 10.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Not applicable

The latest version of the "EUROSTAT-OECD Methodological manual on purchasing power parities" is available online. 

See concept 10.7 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

All data provided undergo a detailed multilateral validation process, described in detail in the PPP Manual (see 10.6).

At European level, the PPP Regulation requires Eurostat to assess the PPP processes of each EU Member State at least once every six years and to publish the results of these assessments on the Eurostat website. The outcome of these assessments are released on Eurostat's website.

See concept 12.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 12.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

All indicators are calculated and published.

See concept 13.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 13.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 13.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 14.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 14.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 15.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 15.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 15.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Not applicable

Not publishable.

Not publishable.

See concept 17.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Not applicable, cf. 17.1.

See concept 18.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 18.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 18.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 18.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 18.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

See concept 18.6 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.

Not applicable.