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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Slovenia is a small open economy with a GDP per capita of EUR 15,167 in 2006. It is one of the most developed new EU-12 members.
Slovenia's GDP per capita is closer to the EU average than Portugal's and, according to a forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), will exceed 90 per cent of the average EU GDP by 2015.
GDP, international comparison, 2006

Notes:
a The volume index of GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) is expressed in relation to the European Union (EU-27) average set to equal 100. Basic figures are expressed in PPS, i.e. a common currency that eliminates the differences in price levels between countries allowing meaningful volume comparisons of GDP between countries.
Sources:
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008
- Eurostat, 2008
- Economic Mirror, December 2007
GDP per capita in PPS*, 2000-2006

Notes: * The basis of the estimates in PPS (Purchasing Power Standard) are the European Comparison Programme (ECP) results recently published by OECD / Eurostat.
Source: Eurostat, 2008
Growth, size of GDP and GDP per capita as a % of EU-27 average, in PPS, in 2006

Note: The size (area) of the bubbles indicate the level of GDP (in PPS) as a % of EU-27 average.
Source: Eurostat, 2008
Annual growth rate, percentage change on previous year, 1998-2006

Source: Eurostat, 2008
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