Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Slovakia
- Data from June 2017. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: September 2018.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Slovakia.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
By 2015, GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors in Slovakia had fallen by 14 % compared to 1990 levels. The country thus remained well below its long-term commitment of limiting emissions growth to 13 % by 2020. Since 2011, Slovakia has continuously met its energy efficiency target, which caps primary energy consumption at 16.4 Mtoe. In 2015, the country was close to its R&D target and it was nearer to its target on renewable energy than the EU as a whole was to the respective EU target. Although Slovakia had already met its early leavers from education and training target in 2008, the indicator has since deteriorated and by 2015 the country was 1.4 percentage points away from its respective target. The country has recorded a substantial rise in the share of 30 to 34 year olds with a tertiary education since 2008, however, a gap of 8.5 percentage points remains to be closed by 2020. After a period of stagnation at around 65 % between 2010 and 2013, in 2016 the employment rate increased to 69.8 %, thus reducing the gap to the national target to 2.2 percentage points. Since 2008, Slovakia has moved closer to its poverty reduction target, which is expressed as the share of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and was in 2015 within 1.2 percentage points of its 2020 goal.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics