The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Slovakia  
Rank: 62 · Score: 46.3  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 5.4   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 113.3   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 20,856.2   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 1.3   Private equity investments (quartile) 2nd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 62 72, 67, 63, 63, 63 46.3
1 Economic Activity 65 64, 69, 51, 62, 60 71.5
2 Depth of Capital Market 74 59, 55, 53, 52, 51 29.9
3 Taxation 43 87, 85, 80, 81, 82 100.5
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 70 62, 58, 57, 55, 55 62.1
5 Human and Social Environment 56 66, 68, 67, 68, 69 32.4
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 50 85, 81, 81, 80, 75 53.8


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Slovakia  
Eastern Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Bulgaria 71.7 42.7 110.9 68.0 32.2 56.2
Slovenia 70.0 32.0 103.1 72.1 33.5 70.7
Croatia 68.1 34.7 105.1 60.9 25.6 54.9
Slovakia 71.5 29.9 100.5 62.1 32.4 53.8
Belarus 71.1 26.1 108.1 56.6 35.5 48.1
Ukraine 65.1 28.0 104.4 58.8 31.8 46.0
Serbia 65.0 16.3 100.7 61.6 31.1 54.8
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023