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). · Slovenia in Data

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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).

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) · Surplus (+) / deficit (-) and debt of general government, Slovenia, annually · CC BY 4.0

Finance

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%.
The at-risk-of-poverty threshold for a single person is EUR 1,021 a month (2025); in 2005 it was EUR 440.
Disposable household income is highest in Osrednjeslovenska: a median of EUR 21,991 a year per equivalent adult. It is lowest in Koroška: EUR 18,823 (2025).

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