Slovenia from 1991 until today

Statistical data show that households in Slovenia have an increasing number of appliances facilitating work in the household and bringing greater comfort. In 1993–2016 the number of driers, washing machines and personal computers went up; in recent years the numbers of cars and mobile phones (data on mobile phones have been available since 2000) have also been slightly growing. On the other hand, households in Slovenia have fewer freezers than they used to have.

Residents of Slovenia born at the end of the 1980s had to change three currencies and four types of banknotes before completing their 18^th birthday. A comparison of average earnings in the past twenty years is therefore hardly possible. One can learn more from the data on how much time one had to work to buy a certain good or service in 1991 and in 2016. To buy a kilo of brown bread, in 2016 one had to work a third less than in 1991. To buy a kilo of sugar one had to work three times less and to buy a kilo of wheat flour more than half less.

There are no accurate data on the health status of the population, but we have data on the self-assessment of health status: in the survey people were asked about their overall health status, i.e. physical, social and emotional. In 2005–2016 self-assessment improved. In 2016 almost two thirds of respondents assessed their health status as good or very good; in 2005 the share was just over a half.