Dátum poslednej aktualizácie:22.12.2022
Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc. Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined. Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy. Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy.
Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases. Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.
Energy savings in terms of reduced energy intensity within different sectors of the economy represent a significant potential for improving the national energy balance. Goal of effective energy use includes, besides other aspects, reduction in the relating energy losses without reducing the standard of living and demands for the protection of the natural environment.
Energy intensity within selected sectors of the Slovak Republic that follow final energy consumption showed a falling positive trend from 2005 to 2020, in the sector of agriculture (61.9%), industry (48.1%) and transport (8.8%). The increase of EI in this period was recorded in the household sector (6.9%), which was mainly influenced by the increase of final energy compsumtion in the sector in the last two years. Year-on-year (2020 – 2019), energy intensity decreased in the industry, transport and household sectors, an increase was recorded in the agricultural sector.