Chief Slovene product in industries
- Bled. Photo: Bled Tourist Board
The economy is geared towards services, and Slovenia can boast top-class services in the field of information technology. It also has developed pharmaceutical and automobile manufacturing.
Other major economic sectors include the food industry, electrical devices, metal processing and chemicals.
Meanwhile tourism is becoming an increasingly important sector.
Macroeconomic indices for Slovenia in 2011
GDP growth (real growth rate in %) -0.2
GDP per capita in EUR 17.361
Rate of unemployment by ILO in % 8.2
Growth in labour productivity (%) 1.6
Gross wage per employee (real gross earnings growth in %) 0.2
Inflation (annual average) 1.8
Source: Statistical Office of the RS
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