Distillers Slovakia
A one-page guide to Slovakia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Official languages
- Slovak
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (UTC+2 summer)
People
- Population growth
- -0.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 53.2%
- Aged under 15
- 15.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 19.0%
- Life expectancy
- 78.4 years
Climate
Temperate/continental: relatively warm summers, cold, cloudy and humid winters. Warmest in the south (Bratislava), colder in the mountainous north.
Alcohol
- Legal drinking age
- 18 (purchase age)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 9.34 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Slovakia; World Bank indicators API; WHO Global Health Observatory API; UN Comtrade public API; EU excise duty tables (position at 1 July 2021); Your Europe: alcohol allowances for travellers entering the EU; Legal drinking age - Wikipedia; Forum PSR Slovensko - spiritsEUROPE member. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.