Population (mln): 2,05
Official language/s: Slovene
Internet TLD: .si
Calling code: +386
Member of the EU from: 1st May 2004
Unemployment rate Sep 2011 (%): 8.3
Unemployment rate under 25 years Sep 2011 (%): 15.6
Males enemployment rate Sep 2011 (%): 8.2
Females unemployment rate Sep 2011 (%): 8.4
Unemployment rate Sep 2012 (%): 9.5
Unemployment rate under 25 years Sep 2012 (%): 23.5
Males unemployment rate Sep 2012 (%): 8.9
Females unemployment rate Sep 2012 (%): 10.2
Population statistics 20-29 age group 2011 (%): 13,8
Country codes in education system: SI
Expected duration of education (years): 18,5
University level third stage (new stage according to
the Bologna process): The third cycle offers one type of study programmes, i.e.
doctoral programmes. A general admission requirement is the completion of a
second-cycle study programme or, in exceptional cases, a first-cycle study
programme combined with documental research or professional achievements that
can be validated with 60 credit points. The programmes take three years to
complete and the title of Doktor znanosti is then awarded.