The long-term interest rate (yield on Slovenian government bonds) was 3.99% in October 2026. In December 2020 it was even negative: −0.23%.
Finance
- In 2025, the government spent EUR 1.81 billion more than it took in – a deficit of 2.5% of GDP. The last surplus was in 2019 (0.7% of GDP).
- VAT brought in EUR 5.61 billion in 2025 – 20.2% of all taxes and social contributions.
- The biggest item of government spending is social protection: EUR 11.51 billion, or 37% of the total (2024).
- Among people aged 65 and over, 29.4% of women and 21.7% of men live below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold (2025). For the whole population it is 14.3%.