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- Trade and jobs
- EU exporter
- Slovakia
Slovak companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €19 billion in 2019. And this keeps 523,000 Slovak workers busy.
- Slovak extra-EU exports support 382,000 jobs in Slovakia.
- Another 141,000 Slovak workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
- This means 21% of jobs in Slovakia depend on extra-EU exports.
- Slovak extra-EU exports also support over 126,000 jobs in EU countries.
- In Slovakia, most people in export-related jobs are medium-skilled workers.
- 54% of export-related jobs in Slovakia are in services.
Trade and jobs
EU exports support 38 million jobs, up two thirds from 2000. More than 14 million of these workers are women. One in five jobs in the EU depends on exports.
EU exports support a significant share of jobs in all countries across the EU.