The purpose of selected key indicators (KI) is to improve the awareness of professional and non-expert public of the environment in the Slovak Republic, referring to the current environmental problems. The selected key indicators provide a sound basis of progress assessment in the environment condition, and they belong to the priority issues for achieving the objectives towards the sustainable development at a national and international level.
A set of key indicators includes 11 thematic areas of the environment (components and factors of environment, including instruments of environmental care) with a total of 29 indicators.