Editing Slovenia (section)

=== Services and industry ===
Almost two-thirds of people are employed in services, and over one-third in industry and construction.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/ |at=Economy |title=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency, United States |date=23 February 2012}}</ref> Slovenia benefits from a well-educated workforce, well-developed infrastructure, and its location at the crossroads of major trade routes.<ref name="VE2012-03-15">{{cite web |url=http://dunaj.veleposlanistvo.si/index.php?id=4035&L=1 |title=Osnovni gospodarski podatki o Sloveniji |language=sl |publisher=Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna |access-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618170200/http://dunaj.veleposlanistvo.si/index.php?id=4035&L=1 |archive-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>

The level of [[foreign direct investment]]&nbsp;(FDI) per capita in Slovenia is one of the lowest in the EU,<ref name="VE2012-03-15"/> and the labor productivity and the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy is still significantly below the EU average.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/posel-in-denar/dr-pavle-sicherl-slovenija-je-po-produktivnosti-dela-23-let-za-evropo_2.html |title=Dr. Pavle Sicherl: Slovenija je po produktivnosti dela 23 let za Evropo |language=sl |newspaper=Delo.si |date=8 August 2011 |issn=1854-6544 |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225133029/http://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/posel-in-denar/dr-pavle-sicherl-slovenija-je-po-produktivnosti-dela-23-let-za-evropo_2.html |archive-date=25 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/makromonitor/konkurencnost-slovenske-industrije-pod-evropskim-povprecjem.html |title=Konkurenčnost slovenske industrije pod evropskim povprečjem |language=sl |newspaper=Delo.si |date=14 October 2011 |issn=1854-6544 |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015180328/http://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/makromonitor/konkurencnost-slovenske-industrije-pod-evropskim-povprecjem.html |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Taxes are relatively high, the [[labor market]] is seen by business interests as being inflexible, and industries are losing sales to China, India, and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/|title=The World Factbook 2007 – Slovenia, Economy|date=22 September 2021}}</ref>

High level of openness makes Slovenia extremely sensitive to economic conditions in its main trading partners and changes in its international price competitiveness.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.stat.si/doc/pub/Blagovna_menjava_ang.pdf |title=Slovenia'S Trade in Goods / In The 2000–2010 Period |first1=Simon |last1=Perše |first2=Snježana |last2=Štuhec Lončarević |first3=Alenka |last3=Kozar |first4=Almira |last4=Urbiha |first5=Jana |last5=Živec |first6=Amira |last6=Mušić |date=January 2012 |isbn=978-961-239-240-6 |page=20 |publisher=Statistični urad Republike Slovenije |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502205618/http://www.stat.si/doc/pub/Blagovna_menjava_ang.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The main industries are motor vehicles, electric and electronic equipment, machinery, [[pharmaceutical]]s, and fuels.<ref name="VE2012-03-15"/> Examples of major Slovenian companies operating in Slovenia include the home appliance manufacturer [[Gorenje]], the pharmaceutical companies [[Krka (company)|Krka]] and Lek ([[Novartis]]' subsidiary), the oil distributing company [[Petrol Group]], energy distribution companys GEN, GEN-I, HSE and [[Revoz]], a manufacturing subsidiary of [[Renault]].<ref>[http://www.sloveniatimes.com/gorenje-krka-biggest-exporters-of-2012 "Gorenje, Krka Biggest Exporters of 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221129/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/gorenje-krka-biggest-exporters-of-2012 |date=16 April 2017 }}. Retrieved 16 April 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.sloveniatimes.com/18-slovenian-firms-in-deloitte-central-europe-top-500 "18 Slovenian Firms in Deloitte Central Europe Top 500"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221434/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/18-slovenian-firms-in-deloitte-central-europe-top-500 |date=16 April 2017 }}. Retrieved 16 April 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/novice/vodilna-podjetja-so-povecala-relativno-tezo-v-gospodarstvu-53765.html|title=FOTO:Petrol prvi, sledi mu Gen-I|last=Viršek|first=Damjan|date=28 May 2018|website=delo.si|language=sl-si|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>