Publications & Documents

PISA 2015 key findings for Slovak Republic

This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in the Slovak Republic. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Consumption Tax Trends 2016: Country highlights

This publication provides detailed country notes on Value Added Tax/Goods and Services Tax (VAT/GST) and excise duty rates in OECD member countries.

Revenue Statistics 2016: Country highlights

This annual publication presents detailed country notes and internationally comparable tax data for all OECD countries from 1965 onwards.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Bratislava on 9-10 September 2016

The Secretary-General addressed the Informal Meeting of EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) on the topic of improving tax certainty and fighting base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), tax crime and the financing of terrorism.

Database on instruments used for environmental policy

This database provides information on environmentally related taxes, fees and charges, tradable permit systems, deposit refund systems, environmentally motivated subsidies and voluntary approaches used in environmental policy in OECD member countries and a number of other countries. Developed in co-operation between the OECD and the European Environment Agency.

Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database

Data on government support to agriculture in the OECD area and other major economies, measured by the Producer Support Estimate (PSE) and Consumer Support Estimate.

Making the Most of Public Investment in the Eastern Slovak Republic

Fact sheet: Trends in Medical Education and Training in the Slovak Republic

In the Slovak Republic, students can access medical education after having completed high school and having passed a university entrance examination. Since 2003, Slovakian medical schools are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport, which also determines the financial resources available to them.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Bratislava on 19 February 2016

Mr. Gurría received the International Peace Prize from Slovakia 2015 Award, granted by the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also presented two OECD education reviews on the Slovak Republic and held meetings with government ministers.

International Peace Prize from Slovakia 2015

Since the beginning of my campaign to become Secretary-General and throughout the first 10 years of my mandate, I have focused my efforts to strengthen the global relevance of this Organisation; to make it more inclusive, more sensitive to the challenges of the developing world; more empathetic to other cultures, other ways of doing things.