Socioeconomic characteristics of population, Slovenia, 1 January 2020
In 2020 the share of population with tertiary education in Slovenia 0.3 percentage point higher than in 2019
On 1 January 2020 there were 30% pensioners among population aged 15 or more. The number of active population increased compared to 2019, and the share of population with tertiary education reached 24.5%.
More active persons than a year before
The number of active persons (i.e. employed and unemployed) increased by almost 10,000 in 2019 and reached 990,747. On 1 January 2020 employed persons represented 92% of all active persons (0.3 of a percentage point more than a year earlier).
In 2019 the number of pension recipients among the population of Slovenia decreased slightly so on 1 January 2020 there were 532,169 pension recipients in Slovenia. Two thirds (67%) of all inactive population aged 15 or more (i.e. retired persons, pupils and students, and other inactive), were retired. The number of pupils and students decreased by about 2,600. The number of other inactive population increased by about 5,700.
Better educated
On 1 January 2020 Slovenia had 435,889 residents with tertiary education. The share of population with tertiary education in Slovenia increased by 0.3 percentage point in 2019.
In total, there were 403,570 residents aged 15 or more with basic or lower education. The number of population with this level of education decreased, which is the result of young people continuing their education and also of low education among those who died in 2019. Among the population aged 65 or over, there were 39% with basic or lower education on 1 January 2020, while among the population aged 25–49, there were under 9% with that level of education.
Better education among the employed, retired women less educated than retired men
Among the employed population, 35% had tertiary education. Among the unemployed population, this share was 19%. The share of those with upper secondary education was similar in both groups, about 60%. Accordingly, the share of those with basic or lower education was higher among the unemployed: 21% as opposed to 8% among the employed.
More than a third (37%) of pension recipients had basic or lower education. Due to a specific age-sex structure of this group (more women live to old age), there were more women with basic or lower education (45%) than men (25%). The smallest gap between sexes among pension recipients was recorded among those with tertiary education, but they were quite few (about 13%) and were mostly less than 75 years old.
Population aged 15 or more by educational attainment and sex, Slovenia, 1 January 2020
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Population aged 15 or more by activity status and sex, Slovenia, 1 January 2020
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