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Government debt grew and reached over 100% of GDP in 2015 but started to decline in 2016

As GDP growth was negative in both 2009 and 2012, in addition to bank recapitalizations, debt levels, according to the System of National Accounts definition, increased in Slovenia until 2015: while gross gov-ernment debt in 2007 was 29.1% of GDP, before the international financial crisis, by 2015 it had grown to 102.1% of GDP although started to decline to 97.4% in 2016. At the same time the primary fiscal balance, which is the difference between government revenues and expenditures without net interest payments on debt, reached the equilibrium by 2015, and moved to a surplus of 0.8 % in 2016.

Chapter 2. Public finance and economics

General government debt as a percentage of GDPGeneral government primary balance and net interest spending as a percentage of GDP

Slovenia has taken significant steps forward in improving the quality of its regulatory quality processes

Slovenia strengthened its Better Regulation framework in 2013 by adopting a new single document to re-form regulations beyond just looking at administrative burdens. Better regulatory quality is also an overall objective in Slovenia’s Development Strategy 2015-2020. Since 2009, Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) and consultations with outside stakeholders have been mandatory for all primary legislation. Slovenia also continues to build capacity in its public service to perform RIA and stakeholder engagement. However, prac-tical implementation of these regulatory management tools remains a challenge, partially due to insufficient quality oversight.

Chapter 8. Regulatory governance

Regulatory Impact Assessment for developing regulationsStakeholder engagement in developing regulations

Slovenia performs very well on women’s representation in public life

Together with France, Canada and Sweden, Slovenia achieved gender parity in 2017 in cabinet posts, while share of women ministers across OECD countries is 28% on average in 2017. The share of women parlia-mentarians is also high relative when compared to the OECD average of 28%, reaching 37% in 2017, and women’s share of professional judges in all levels of courts is the highest among all OECD countries, reach-ing 78% in 2014, compared to the OECD average is 53%.

Chapter 3. Public employment and pay

Share of women ministersShare of women parliamentarians and legislated gender quotasFemale share of professional judges

Slovenia

Fiscal balance*(2015, 2016)

Government expenditures(2015, 2016)

Government gross debt*(2015, 2016)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts

G@G /dataG@G /data

26134,50088,700

52,700

Middle Managers(D3 positions)

Senior Managers(D1 positions)

SeniorProfessionals

SecretarialPositions

2015USD PPP

150,000

300,000

450,000

231,500

28,000

Slovenia

72,000 83,200102,700

Annual compensation across central government positions (2015)

Government investment(2015, 2016)

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Slovenia

Country value in blue (not represented if not available)

Average of OECD countries in red

Range of OECD country values in grey

Public Finance and Economics

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

24.9%18.0%

Slovenia

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

2015

40.9%

45.5%2016

48.1%2015

Slovenia

2015

3.2%

2.9%2016

4.8%2015

0% 2% 4% 6% 8%

Slovenia

102.1%2015

97.4% 100%

0%

2016

112%100%

0%

2015

0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250%

Slovenia

Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to

data not available

% of GDP

Public Employment

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the compensation of employees in central / federal governments

... and in senior positions (2015)

Source: OECD* See Notes National Accounts

Source: OECD* SNA definition, see Notes National Accounts

Public Sector Compensation

53.0%68.1%Slovenia

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

32.4%45.3%Slovenia

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Women in the civil service ...

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments

Percentage of central government employees aged 55 years or older

(2015)

General government employmentas % of total employment (2015)

18.1%

17.4%Slovenia

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Source: OECD National Accounts

-10% 0%-5% +5% +10%

-2.8%

Slovenia2016

-1.8% -2.9%

2015

2015

Budgeting

Women in Government

Extent of delegationof HRM practicesin line ministries

0.70

0.64

Extent of the useof performance

assessmentsin HR decisions

0.66 0.64

Extent of the useof performance

related pay

0.90

0.66

Use of separateHRM practices

for seniorcivil servants

0.630.55

Collectionof administrative

data0.91

0.68

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Slovenia

G@G /data

Source: OECD (2016) Strategic Human Resources Management Survey

Composite indicators on HRM practices in central government (2016)

Human Resource Management

Composite indices on regulatory governance for primary laws*(2014)

G@G /data

Regulatory governance

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

29.1%

50%

27.8%

Slovenia

Source: OECD National Accounts

General governmentprocurement expenditures

(2015)% of government expenditures

Public Procurement

Support for greenpublic procurement

Some procuring entities have developed an internal strategy/policy

A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level

Support forSMEs

Support for innovativegoods and services

A strategy/policy has been rescinded

There has never been a strategy/policy in place

11 25 1 0 8 24 0 1 9 19 0 6

Slovenia

Strategic public procurement - Objectives(2016)

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on Public Procurement

* See Notes Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG)

0.41

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

0.44Slovenia

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest

Performance budgetingpractices at the central level

of government (2016)

Source: OECD (2016) Survey of Performance Budgeting

Stakeholderengagement in

developing regulations

2.78

2.09

Regulatory ImpactAssessment for

developing regulations

2.16 2.05

Ex post evaluationof regulations

1.181.54

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 4 highest

0

1

2

3

4

Slovenia

Notes Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures. Regulatory governance indicators: The results for stakeholder engagement and Regulatory Impact Assessment apply exclusively to processes for developing primary laws initiated by the executive. Data is not applicable to the United States, where all primary laws are initiated by Congress. In the majority of countries, most primary laws are initiated by the executive, except for Mexico and Korea, where a higher share of primary laws are initiated by parliament/congress (respectively 90.6% and 84%). Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which dif fers from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt.

Open Data Digital Government

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

35.6%17.0%

Slovenia

Individuals using the Internet for sending filled forms via public authorities websites

in the past 12 months (2016)

Source: OECD, ICT database; and Eurostat, Information Society database

OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data

(2017)Composite index: from 0 lowest to 1 highest

Source: OECD (2017) Survey on Open Government Data

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.48

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.55

Slovenia

Dataavailability

Dataaccessibility

Governmentsupportto re-use

Differences in income inequality pre and post-taxand government transfers (2013)

Slovenia

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6Higher

inequality

Lowerinequality

Before After

0.47

0.26taxes and transfers

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Before After

0.47

0.32taxes and transfers

Higherinequality

Lowerinequality

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Limited government powers (2016)

0.75

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

0.61Slovenia

Source: The World Justice Project

Core Government ResultsSatisfaction and confidence across public services

(2016)

70%

Judicial system Education system

83%20

40

60

80

100

Health care

67%80%55%28%

National government42%25%

Slovenia

Average

Range

Police77%77%

Source: Gallup World Poll

% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction

Government at a Glance 2017Government at a Glance provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international

comparison of public sector productivity and performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are presented,

alongside key output and outcome data for education, health and justice. Information on key enablers to increase productivity including on digital

government, budget procedures, strategic human resource management, open government data and innovative practices are also included. In

a context of tight budget constraints in many member countries, good indicators are needed more than ever, in order to help governments make

informed decisions regarding resource allocation and to help restore confidence in government institutions.

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