Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Slovakia

Data extracted in June 2018.

Planned article update: September 2019.

Figure 1: Change since 2008 in relation to national targets (*)
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.

This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Slovakia.

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Overview

By 2016, GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors in Slovakia had fallen by 14.0 % 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 2016, the country was closer to its target on renewable energy than the EU as a whole was to the respective EU target. Due to continuous growth of the employment rate since 2014, the Slovakia was just 0.9 percentage points away from its national employment target in 2017. Although the country had already met its early leavers from education and training target in 2008, the indicator has since deteriorated and by 2017 Slovakia was 3.3 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 5.7 percentage points remains to be closed by 2020. Despite the drop of R&D expenditure in 2016, the country was still closer to its national target than the EU as a whole. 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 2016 within 0.9 percentage points of its 2020 goal.

Table 1: National Europe 2020 indicators: most recent data and targets
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)

Data sources

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.

Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Slovakia

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