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Slovakia

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 5.3 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has fallen by 15%.

86% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 40.1% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 261,125 hectares: 10.9% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year5.282024−0.944.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year6.352023−1.044.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)3.582024−8.776.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person1.052024+0.021.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.242024−0.840.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.222024−0.03100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions13.92023+1.70.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2102022−0.0840.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year5932024−94—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year33,4052023−2,56021,286
Fossil share of energy%63.92024−3.981.3
Renewable share of energy%11.32024+1.114.8
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%24.12024+1.131.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%85.82024+5.740.9
Solar share of electricity%2.32024+0.16.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%1.82024−8.834.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity972024−76471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest40.12023+0.2—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 3,897 ha2002: 4,015 ha2003: 3,750 ha2004: 4,625 ha2005: 27,674 ha2006: 8,023 ha2007: 9,486 ha2008: 13,465 ha2009: 11,238 ha2010: 17,100 ha2011: 11,544 ha2012: 9,170 ha2013: 5,076 ha2014: 17,366 ha2015: 5,283 ha2016: 16,942 ha2017: 14,212 ha2018: 17,698 ha2019: 10,332 ha2020: 11,948 ha2021: 6,098 ha2022: 5,207 ha2023: 9,851 ha2024: 7,651 ha2025: 9,474 ha
200127,674 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 21.1 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 5.4 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data