31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$36.63 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$45.25 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$1.509 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$5.574 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:

SKK

Exchange rates:

Slovak koruny (SKK) per US dollar - 24.919 (2007), 29.611 (2006),
31.018 (2005), 32.257 (2004), 36.773 (2003)

Communications
Slovakia

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.151 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6.068 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: Slovakia has a modern telecommunications system
that has expanded dramatically in recent years with the growth in
cellular services
domestic: analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is
being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger
cities; 3 companies provide nationwide cellular services
international: country code - 421; 3 international exchanges (1 in
Bratislava and 2 in Banska Bystrica) are available; Slovakia is
participating in several international telecommunications projects
that will increase the availability of external services

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

80 (national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67) (2004)

Televisions:

2.62 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sk

Internet hosts:

717,744 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2000)

Internet users:

2.35 million (2007)

Transportation
Slovakia

Airports:

35 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 10 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 7 (2007)

Heliports:

1 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 6,769 km; oil 416 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006)

Roadways:

total: 43,761 km
paved: 38,085 km (includes 316 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,676 km (2006)

Waterways:

172 km (on Danube River) (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 51
by type: bulk carri