Development Co‑operation Profiles: Slovak Republic
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The Slovak Republic’s development co-operation programme is based on its own transformative experience of building independent state institutions, developing a market economy and fulfilling the principles of democracy. Most of the Slovak Republic’s official development assistance (ODA) is delivered multilaterally through European Union (EU) institutions. The Slovak Republic’s total ODA (USD 199.9 million, preliminary data) decreased in 2025, representing 0.13% of gross national income (GNI).
This profile presents verified data on the Slovak Republic’s development assistance allocations. See the Development Co-operation Profiles.
The Medium-Term Strategy for Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2025-2030, adopted in early 2025, maintains the thematic priorities of previous strategies (infrastructure, agriculture, markets, health, education and governance) while strengthening the mainstreaming of environmental and climate objectives through the Green Programme. To reinforce the regional focus of its development co‑operation programme, the Slovak Republic has fewer partner countries in its new Medium-Term Strategy, maintaining the regional focus on its neighbouring region (Western Balkans and EU Eastern Partnership countries), the Middle East and East Africa. The Slovak Republic’s main programme countries are Georgia, Kenya and the Republic of Moldova, with Ukraine being treated as a special‑needs country.
The Slovak Republic sees its multilateral engagement as a complement to its bilateral efforts, including in regions where its bilateral co-operation is limited and in least developed countries (LDCs). The Slovak Republic has demonstrated leadership in international fora such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (when it held the position as chair in 2019), the Human Rights Council (vice‑chair in 2020), and the United Nations General Assembly (vice-chair in 2020-2021).
The OECD-DAC 2025 Peer Review finds that the Slovak Republic has strengthened its development co‑operation framework and humanitarian response underpinned by a clear policy framework, strengthened management, and a strong reputation for sharing transition experience and responding to crises, notably in Ukraine. The 2025-2030 strategy is an opportunity to sharpen strategic focus; scale up ODA in line with commitments; reinforce whole‑of‑government leadership; grant the development agency greater operational autonomy; and deepen partnerships with civil society, the private sector and multilateral actors. The Slovak Republic has partially or fully implemented 8 of the 13 recommendations from the 2019 Peer Review.
Discover insights from the Slovak Republic’s 2025 peer review and learn from the Slovak Republic’s practices in Development Co-operation Tools Insights Practices.
The Slovak Republic provided USD 199.9 million (preliminary data) of ODA in 2025 (USD 184.9 million in constant terms), representing 0.13% of GNI.1 This was a decrease of 6.4% in real terms in volume and a decrease in the share of GNI from 2024. Its ODA has been a relatively stable trend since 2020 with peaks in 2022 and 2024 due to increased contributions to the European Union and support to Ukraine. The Slovak Republic has no roadmap or concrete plans to increase its ODA volumes to reach its European commitment to achieve 0.33% ODA/GNI and collectively achieve a 0.7% ODA/GNI ratio by 2030. The Slovak Republic provided all of its ODA as grants in 2023.
In 2025, the Slovak Republic ranked 29th among Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members in terms of ODA volume and 30th when ODA is taken as a share of GNI. The Slovak Republic is the DAC members with the highest share of ODA as core contributions to multilateral organisations (82.9%) and in support of domestic resource mobilisation (3.3%).
The Slovak Republic is committed to several international targets and DAC standards and recommendations. Learn more about DAC Recommendations.
Notes: This table only includes information about ODA data-related DAC recommendations. ODA: official development assistance; GNI: gross national income; DAC: Development Assistance Committee.
The Slovak Republic provided most of its ODA multilaterally in 2024. Gross bilateral ODA was 19.3% of total ODA disbursements. Of this, 20.6% was channelled through multilateral organisations (earmarked contributions).
In 2024, the Slovak Republic provided USD 167.4 million of gross ODA to the multilateral system, an increase of 5.6% in real terms from 2023. Of this, USD 159.5 million was core multilateral ODA (80.7% of total ODA), while USD 7.8 million was non-core contributions earmarked for a specific country, region, theme or purpose. Project-type funding earmarked for a specific theme and/or country accounted for 4.7% of the Slovak Republic’s non-core contributions, and 95.3% was programmatic funding (to pooled funds and specific-purpose programmes and funds). The European Union received by far the highest share of contributions to the multilateral system.
The United Nations (UN) system received 5.6% of the Slovak Republic’s contributions to multilateral organisations, of which USD 2.1 million (22.1%) represented earmarked contributions. Out of a total volume of USD 9.3 million to the UN system, the top three UN recipients of the Slovak Republic’s support (core and earmarked contributions) were the UN Secretariat (USD 3.5 million), the United Nations Development Programme (USD 2 million) and the World Health Organization (USD 0.7 million).
See the section on Geographic, sectoral and thematic focus of ODA for the breakdown of bilateral allocations, including ODA earmarked through the multilateral development system.
Learn more by exploring the DAC members’ use of the multilateral system dashboard.
In 2024, the Slovak Republic’s bilateral spending declined compared to the previous year. It provided USD 38.1 million of gross bilateral ODA (which includes earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations). This represented a decrease of 3.5% in real terms from 2023.
In 2024, country programmable aid amounted to USD 11.2 million, or 29.4% of the Slovak Republic’s gross bilateral ODA, compared to the DAC country average of 46.5%.
The Slovak Republic’s in-donor refugee costs amounted to USD 1.1 million (2.9% of gross bilateral ODA) in 2024, while humanitarian aid was USD 6.6 million, or 15% of gross bilateral ODA.
In 2024, the Slovak Republic channelled its bilateral ODA mainly through public sector and multilateral organisations. Technical co-operation made up 2% of gross ODA in 2024.
In 2024, civil society organisations (CSOs) received USD 2.9 million of gross bilateral ODA, of which 14.7% was directed to developing country-based CSOs. Overall, 0.1% of gross bilateral ODA was allocated to CSOs as core contributions and 7.5% was channelled through CSOs to implement projects initiated by the provider (earmarked funding). From 2023 to 2024, the combined core and earmarked contributions for CSOs decreased as a share of bilateral ODA, from 19.4% to 7.6%.
Learn more by reading the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid and by exploring the ODA to civil society organisations dashboard.
In 2024, the Slovak Republic’s bilateral ODA primarily focused on ODA-eligible countries in Europe. USD 15.8 million was allocated to ODA-eligible countries in Europe (of which 75.4% for Ukraine) and USD 10.1 million to countries in Africa, accounting respectively for 41.5% and 26.6% of gross bilateral ODA. USD 1.3 million was allocated to Asia (excluding the Middle East). Countries in Europe were also the main recipient of the Slovak Republic’s earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, in line with its policy focus.
In 2024, 69.4% of gross bilateral ODA went to the Slovak Republic’s top 10 recipients. Six of its top 10 recipients are in the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, which are the Slovak Republic’s priority regions. The share of gross bilateral ODA not allocated by country was 24.7%, of which 11.6% consisted of expenditures for processing and hosting refugees in provider countries.
In 2024, the Slovak Republic allocated 0.01% of its GNI to the LDCs. The Slovak Republic allocated the highest share of gross bilateral ODA (57.8%) to lower middle-income countries in 2024, noting that 24.7% was unallocated by income group. The LDCs received 1.7% of the Slovak Republic’s gross bilateral ODA (USD 0.7 million). Additionally, the Slovak Republic allocated 4.7% of gross bilateral ODA to land‑locked developing countries in 2024, equal to USD 1.8 million.
The distribution of the Slovak Republic’s ODA in net terms in relation to “ODA per person in extreme poverty”2 was USD 0.3 in lower middle-income countries and USD 0.3 in upper middle-income countries.
In 2025, the Slovak Republic provided USD 9 million of net bilateral ODA to Ukraine to respond to the impacts of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion, a 29.9% decrease from 2024 in real terms. USD 3 million of the amount was humanitarian assistance in 2025, a 52.1% decrease in real terms from 2024.
Support to contexts with high and extreme fragility was USD 3.3 million in 2024, representing 8.6% of the Slovak Republic’s gross bilateral ODA. Of this ODA, 16% was provided in the form of humanitarian assistance, an increase from 9.3% in 2023 notably due by the decrease in bilateral ODA, while 5.2% was allocated to peace, an increase from 2.4% in 2023. Conflict prevention, a subset of contributions to peace, represented 5% of gross bilateral ODA, increasing from 2.1% in 2023.
Learn more about the States of Fragility platform.
In 2024, the largest focus of the Slovak Republic’s bilateral ODA was other macro sectors. Investments in this area accounted for 40.6% of bilateral ODA commitments (USD 17.7 million), with a strong focus on support to action relating to debt (USD 8.3 million), general budget support (USD 4.3 million) and administrative costs of donors (USD 3.3 million). ODA for social infrastructure and services totalled USD 16.9 million, with a focus on government and civil society (USD 12.9 million). Humanitarian assistance amounted to USD 6.6 million (15% of bilateral ODA). Earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations also focused on social sectors and other macro sectors in 2024.
In the period 2023-2024, the Slovak Republic committed 11.2% of screened bilateral allocable ODA to gender equality and women’s empowerment compared to 12.9% in 2021-2022 and a DAC average of 48.2% in 2023-2024. This is equal to USD 3.7 million of screened bilateral allocable ODA in support of gender equality on average per year. In addition:
The share of screened bilateral allocable ODA committed to gender equality and women’s empowerment as a principal objective was 0.5% in 2023-2024, compared with the DAC average of 4.2%.
The Slovak Republic includes gender equality objectives in 17% of ODA for humanitarian aid, below the 2023-2024 DAC average of 21.5%.
The Slovak Republic screens virtually all bilateral allocable ODA against the DAC gender equality policy marker (100% in 2023-2024).
The Slovak Republic committed USD 0 million of ODA to end violence against women and girls, and USD 0 million to support women’s rights organisations and movements, and government institutions on average per year in 2023-2024.
Learn more by reading the DAC Recommendation on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance and the DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation in Development Co-operation, and by exploring the development finance for gender equality dashboard.
In 2023-2024, the Slovak Republic committed 17.7% of its total bilateral allocable ODA (USD 5.8 million) in support of the environment and the Rio Conventions, up from 7% in 2021-2022. The DAC average was 39%. In addition:
2.1% of screened bilateral allocable ODA focused on environmental issues as a principal objective, compared with the DAC average of 11.2%.
7.7% of total bilateral allocable ODA (USD 2.5 million) focused on climate change overall (the DAC average was 35.4%), up from 4.5% in 2021-2022. The Slovak Republic had a slightly greater focus on adaptation (6.6%) than on mitigation (6%) in 2023-2024.
2.9% of screened bilateral allocable ODA (USD 900 thousand) focused on biodiversity overall (the DAC average was 8.6%), up from 2.3% in 2021-2022.
0.4% of screened bilateral allocable ODA (USD 100 thousand) focused on desertification overall (the DAC average was 4.2%), up from 0% in 2021-2022.
Learn more about the DAC Declaration on Aligning Development Co-operation with the Goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
In 2024, the Slovak Republic:
Allocated 3.7% of its bilateral ODA (USD 1.4 million) to core poverty-reducing sectors as defined by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.a.1. This indicator captures grants to basic social services (such as basic health and education, water supply and sanitation, multisector aid for basic social services) and development food aid. Learn more by exploring the Reducing poverty and inequalities through ODA data explainer.
Committed USD 1.4 million (4.7% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to address the immediate or underlying determinants of malnutrition in developing countries across a variety of sectors, such as emergency response, other multisector and health.
Committed USD 400 000 (1.1% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to development co-operation projects and programmes that promote the inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities.
Committed USD 1 million (3.3% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to the mobilisation of domestic resources in developing countries. Regarding the payment of local tax and customs duties for ODA-funded goods and services, the Slovak Republic does not typically seek exemptions. It does not have a general policy and it makes information available on the OECD Digital Transparency Hub on the Tax Treatment of ODA.
Committed USD 2.2 million (7% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to promote aid for trade and improve developing countries’ trade performance and integration into the world economy in 2024. Learn more by exploring the Aid for Trade dashboard.
In 2024, total official and private flows from the Slovak Republic to developing countries amounted to USD 246 million in net terms. Official sources accounted for USD 197.6 million while USD 48.5 million originated from private sources.
The Slovak Republic uses leveraging mechanisms to mobilise private finance for sustainable development. In 2024, the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) mobilised USD 100 000 from the private sector through simple co-financing. This constituted a 55.3% decrease compared to 2023.
Private finance mobilised by the Slovak Republic in 2023-2024 mainly targeted middle-income countries, representing 93.6% of its total mobilised. Only 6.4% of total mobilised private finance during this period benefited the LDCs and other low-income countries.
Mobilised private finance by the Slovak Republic in 2023-2024 related mainly to activities in water supply and sanitation (29.8%) as its top sector. Furthermore, over this period, 90.1% of the Slovak Republic’s total mobilised private finance was for climate action.
Learn more by exploring the Mobilisation of private finance for development dashboard.
Total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD) is an international statistical standard that monitors and increases the transparency of all official and officially supported resources for financing the SDGs received by developing countries (Pillar 1) and for addressing global challenges (Pillar 2). In 2024, activities reported by the Slovak Republic as TOSSD totalled USD 207.7 million, marking a 9% increase compared with the previous year.3 The Slovak Republic’s TOSSD activities mostly targeted SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals) and SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions).
Activity-level data on TOSSD by recipient are available at: https://tossd.online.
The Slovak Republic’s development co-operation system operates under the unified brand of SlovakAid, encompassing multiple government actors. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) plays the lead role in managing development co-operation and oversees SAIDC. Other key actors include the Ministry of Finance, which engages in public financial management, good governance and private sector development initiatives, as well as the Ministries of Education, Environment, Interior and Defence (the latter two for humanitarian assistance). The Slovak import-export bank, EXIMBANKA, is developing concessional loans for businesses looking to invest in emerging markets and developing countries. The Slovak Development Cooperation Coordination Committee, chaired by the Secretary of State of the MFEA, brings together relevant actors and compiles the annual bilateral ODA plan.
As of early 2025, 33 staff work exclusively on development co‑operation, with 30 based at headquarters (9 in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, 18 at SAIDC, and 3 at the Ministry of Finance), and 3 staff posted abroad as development diplomats in partner countries.
The Coordination Committee for Development Cooperation includes representatives of civil society active in development co-operation, humanitarian assistance and global citizenship education, which are co‑ordinated under the umbrella body Ambrela.
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development placed a renewed emphasis on strengthening the effectiveness of all forms of development co-operation by upholding and elevating the Effectiveness Principles. Adherence to these principles is measured through the partner country-led monitoring exercise of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC).
The Slovak Republic participated in the 2023-2026 monitoring round through its reporting to one partner county, Moldova. Its results can be found here. The global aggregate results of the 4th GPEDC monitoring round (2023-2026) will be published in the forthcoming 2026 GPEDC Global Monitoring Report. Learn more about partner countries’ participation, progress and country-specific results by exploring the GPEDC Global Dashboard.
Internal systems and processes help ensure the delivery of the Slovak Republic’s development co‑operation. The table below highlights select features.
Access the full list of development co-operation providers at: Development Co-operation Profiles.
2025 OECD-DAC Peer Review of the Slovak Republic: https://doi.org/10.1787/b52e98a2-en.
Medium-term Strategy for Development Co-operation for 2025-2030: https://slovakaid.sk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3.-Vlastny-material.pdf.
Slovak Development Agency (SlovakAid): https://www.slovakaid.sk/en.
Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic: https://www.mfsr.sk/en/european-international-affairs.
CSO umbrella organisation Ambrela: https://ambrela.org/about-us.
The Slovak Republic has been a member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since 2013.
The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including the grant-equivalent methodology, core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, country programmable aid, channels of delivery, bilateral ODA unspecified/unallocated, bilateral allocable ODA, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.
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← 1. DAC members adopted the grant-equivalent methodology starting from their reporting of 2018 data as a more accurate way to count the donor effort in development loans. See the methodological notes for further details.
← 2. Aid per person in extreme poverty is calculated by dividing net ODA (bilateral and imputed multilateral) by the population in extreme poverty in each country. It estimates how much ODA each person in extreme poverty would receive if total ODA was divided evenly among the extreme poor. This metric does not measure the amount of ODA actually received by each person in extreme poverty, nor does it measure how much ODA goes to poverty reduction. It instead highlights patterns in total ODA allocations relative to the number of people living in extreme poverty in each country. Group averages are calculated based on a weighted average of aid per person in extreme poverty and the number of people in extreme poverty for each country in the group. See the methodological notes for further details.
← 3. This amount does not include mobilised private finance by Slovak Republic.