Editing Economy of Slovenia (section)

==Economic performance==
The historical primary industries of [[agriculture]], [[forestry]], and [[fishing]] contribute a comparatively low 2.5 percent of GDP, and engage only 6 percent of the population. The average farm is only 5.5 hectares. Part of Slovenia lies in the [[Alpe-Adria]] [[bioregion]], which is currently involved in a major initiative in [[organic farming]]. Between 1998 and 2003, the organic sector grew from less than 0.1% of Slovenian agriculture to roughly the European Union average of 3.3%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/2004/s04v10n3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112222819/http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/2004/s04v10n3.html|url-status=dead|title=Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy &#124; For Land, Liberty, Jobs and Justice|archive-date=12 November 2004}}</ref>

Public finances have shown a deficit in recent years. This averaged around $650 million per annum between 1999 and 2007; however, this amounted to less than 23 percent of GDP.<ref>The Economist</ref> There was a slight surplus in 2008 with revenues totalling $23.16 billion and expenditures $22.93 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|date=22 September 2021}}</ref> [[Government of Slovenia|Government]] expenditure equalled 38 percent of GDP.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} {{As of|January 2011}}, the total [[government debt|national debt]] of Slovenia was unknown. The [[Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]] (SURS) reported it to be (not counting state-guaranteed loans) 19.5 billion euros or 54.2% of [[gross domestic product|GDP]] at the end of September 2010. According to the data provided by the Slovenian [[Ministry of Finance (Slovenia)|Ministry of Finance]] in January 2011, it was just below 15 billion euros or 41.6% of the 2009 GDP. However, the Slovenian financial newspaper [[Finance (newspaper)|Finance]] calculated in January 2011 that it was actually 22.4 billion euros or almost 63% of GDP, surpassing the limit of 60% allowed by the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.finance.si/300023/Kolik%B9en-je-dejansko-dr%BEavni-dolg-Slovenije |title=Kolikšen je dejansko državni dolg Slovenije? |publisher=Časnik Finance |newspaper=Finance |date=14 January 2011 |first=Karel |last=Lipnik |author2=Monika Weiss}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/gospodarstvo/surs-vsi-dolgovi-drzave-znasajo-22-43-milijarde-evrov/248573 |title=SURS: Vsi dolgovi države znašajo 22,43 milijarde evrov |trans-title=SURS: All the Debts of Slovenia Sum to 22.43 Billion Euros |language=sl |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenia |date=14 January 2011}}</ref> On 12 January 2011, the Slovenian [[Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia|Court of Audit]] rejected the data reported by the ministry as incorrect and demanded the dismissal of the finance minister [[Franc Križanič]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=s&id=1594731 |title=Auditing Body Demands Dismissal of Finance Minister |date=12 January 2011 |publisher=Slovenian Press Agency |access-date=15 January 2011 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325094656/http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=s&id=1594731 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Slovenia's traditional anti-[[inflation]] policy relied heavily on capital inflow restrictions. Its [[privatization]] process favoured insider purchasers and prescribed a long lag time on share trading, complicated by a cultural wariness of being "bought up" by foreigners. As such, Slovenia has had a number of impediments to foreign participation in its economy. Slovenia has garnered some notable foreign investments, including the investment of $125 million by [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] in 1997. At the end of 2008, there was around $11.5 billion of foreign capital in Slovenia. Slovenians had invested $7.5 billion abroad. As of 31 December 2007, the value of shares listed on the [[Ljubljana Stock Exchange]] was $29 billion.

Investments from neighboring Croatia have begun in Slovenia. On 1 July 2010, Droga Kolinska was purchased by the Atlantic Group of Croatia for 382 million euros. Mercator was sold to Croatia's Agrocor in June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delo.si/gospodarstvo/podjetja/mercator-prodan-agrokorju.html|title=Mercator prodan Agrokorju|first=Ma. G., gospodarstvo, Ti. K., Pi. K.|last=Delo.si|date=26 June 2014}}</ref>

At the end of the year 2014, there were 10 billion{{clarify|date=May 2023}} [[foreign direct investment]] in Slovenia, 13.9% more than at the end of the year 2013. In 2013 (latest published data) direct foreign investments accounted for 24.7% of the GDP of Slovenia. The most important investor countries are [[Austria]] (33.6%), [[Switzerland]] (11.3%), [[Germany]] (10.4%), [[Italy]] (7.9%), and [[Croatia]] (7.7%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgrt.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/internacionalizacija/tuje_neposredne_investicije/|title=Tuje neposredne investicije - Ministrstvo za gospodarski razvoj in tehnologijo|website=www.mgrt.gov.si|access-date=9 November 2016|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612193751/http://www.mgrt.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/internacionalizacija/tuje_neposredne_investicije/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The following table shows the main economic indicators from 1993–2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=1992&ey=2023&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=961&s=NGDP_RPCH,NGDP,NGDPPC,PCPIPCH,LUR,GGXWDG_NGDP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=22&pr.y=11|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Year
!GDP 
(in bil. US$ PPP)
!GDP 
(in bil. EUR PPP)
!GDP per capita 
(in EUR PPP)
!GDP 
(in bil. US$ nominal)
!GDP growth (real)
!Inflation (in Percent)
!Unemployment rate
!Government debt (in % of GDP)
|-
!1993
|23.5
|7.8
|3,908
|16.6
|2.8 %
|31.9 %
|8.6 %
|...
|-
!1995
|26.9
|10.6
|8,311
|21.4
|4.1 %
|13.7 %
|7.0 %
|18.2 %
|-
!2000
|35.8
|18.9
|11,076
|20.4
|3.7 %
|8.9 %
|6.7 %
|25.9 %
|-
!2005
|47.8
|29.1
|14,551
|36.3
|3.8 %
|2.5 %
|6.5 %
|26.4 %
|-
!2006
|52.2
|31.5
|15,676
|39.5
|5.7 %
|2.5 %
|6.0 %
|26.1 %
|-
!2007
|57.3
|35.1
|17,373
|48.1
|7.0 %
|3.7 %
|4.9 %
|22.8 %
|-
!2008
|60.5
|37.9
|18,757
|55.8
|3.5 %
|5.7 %
|4.4 %
|21.8 %
|-
!2009
|56.2
|36.3
|17,758
|50.5
|−7.5 %
|0.8 %
|5.1 %
|34.5 %
|-
!2010
|57.7
|36.4
|17,749
|48.2
|1.3 %
|1.8 %
|5.4 %
|38.3 %
|-
!2011
|59.4
|37.1
|18,052
|51.6
|0.9 %
|1.8 %
|7.1 %
|46.5 %
|-
!2012
|59.7
|36.3
|17,626
|46.6
|−2.6 %
|2.6 %
|8.5 %
|53.6 %
|-
!2013
|61.7
|36.5
|17,700
|48.4
|−1.0 %
|1.8 %
|11.1 %
|70 %
|-
!2014
|63.7
|37.6
|18,253
|50.0
|2.8 %
|0.2 %
|10.8 %
|80.3 %
|-
!2015
|65.3
|38.9
|18,830
|43.1
|2.2 %
|−0.5 %
|9.8 %
|82.6 %
|-
!2016
|70.1
|40.4
|19,589
|44.8
|3.2 %
|−0.1 %
|8.9 %
|78.5 %
|-
!2017
|75.8
|43.0
|20,820
|48.6
|4.8 %
|1.4 %
|7.8 %
|74.1 %
|-
!2018
|81.1
|45.9
|22,136
|54.2
|4.4 %
|1.7 %
|5.9 %
|70.3 %
|-
!2019
|85.4
|48.4
|23,167
|54.4
|3.3 %
|1.6 %
|4.8 %
|65.6 %
|}

===Companies===
In 2022, the sector with the highest number of companies registered in Slovenia is Services with 60,260 companies followed by Wholesale Trade and Construction with 9,980 and 9,010 companies respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hithorizons.com/eu/analyses/country-statistics/slovenia | title=Industry Breakdown of Companies in Slovenia | website=HitHorizons}}</ref>