1996

Selected Macroeconomics Indicators

Indicator Unit 1996
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
REAL ECONOMY **)                          
Gross domestic product 1) 2) 5) 6) Sk billion     196.4     409.9     630.9     849.7
  Year-on-year change of GDP 3) %     7.4     7.7     7.9     8.0
Unemployment rate 4) % 13.7 13.7 13.3 12.5 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.0 12.2 12.8
Consumer prices 3) % 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4
TRADE BALANCE 2) **)                          
Export (fob) Sk milion 20,487 40,129 61,937 81,604 105,309 128,251 151,257 172,477 197,589 224,337 249,509 270,643
Import (fob) Sk milion 22,942 53,920 78,360 104,149 132,346 157,423 185,662 211,467 239,295 272,190 304,395 340,903
Balance Sk milion -2,455 -13,791 -16,423 -22,545 -27,037 -29,172 -34,405 -38,990 -41,706 -47,853 -54,886 -70,260
STATE BUDGET 2) 4) ***)                          
Revenue Sk milion 14,527 21,952 40,393 55,481 68,460 79,525 95,853 106,459 119,642 136,316 149,791 166,330
Expenditure Sk milion 13,916 29,289 43,893 59,868 71,878 85,654 101,941 114,399 133,072 149,224 163,534 191,888
Balance Sk milion 611 -7,337 -3,500 -4,387 -3,418 -6,129 -6,088 -7,940 -13,430 -12,908 -13,743 -25,558

1) Preliminary data; in constant prices year 2000
2) Cumulative figures since the beginning of the year
3) Change compared with the same period of previous year
4) As the end of period
5) Method of ESA 95
6) Data revised in December 2003
* Preliminary data
** Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
*** Source: Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic