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

Slovenia  
Rank: 52 · Score: 51.7  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 2.1   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 62.0   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 29,417.4   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 1.6   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 52 90, 88, 86, 78, 73 51.7
1 Economic Activity 74 57, 56, 73, 63, 51 70.0
2 Depth of Capital Market 67 85, 83, 78, 63, 58 32.0
3 Taxation 34 92, 94, 89, 91, 91 103.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 50 77, 76, 75, 75, 75 72.1
5 Human and Social Environment 52 76, 74, 74, 73, 73 33.5
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 26 100, 99, 99, 99, 99 70.7


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Slovenia  
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
Latvia 63.5 43.4 103.8 79.6 37.6 52.0
Hungary 76.4 38.4 119.1 61.1 34.2 63.7
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
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023