Eslovènia: Invertir a Eslovènia
Slovenia is completely open to foreign investment, in accordance with the principles of the European Union and the OECD, and does not discriminate between national and foreign investors. According to UNCTAD's 2021 World Investment Report, FDI inflows to Slovenia decreased from USD 1.2 billion in 2019 to USD 529 million in 2020, following the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The total stock of FDI was estimated at USD 20.4 billion in 2020. In regional terms, the highest concentration of FDI inflow is in the region of Central Slovenia. According to data by OECD, the majority of FDI stocks to Slovenia come from Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Germany. However, Germany holds the majority of indirect investments in Slovenia via Austrian subsidiaries; while the US is also an important investor, with the majority of the investments being held indirectly via subsidiaries in Luxembourg, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. The sectors that attract the most FDI are manufacturing, financial and insurance services, wholesale and retail, and real estate. According to the latest figures from OECD, in the first semester of 2021 FDI inflows totalled USD 1.3 billion, up from USD 322 million recorded in the same period one year earlier. Slovenia’s most important sources for direct foreign investment were Austria (24.7%), Luxembourg (13.0%), Switzerland (11.4%), Germany (8.5%), and Italy (7.9%).
Foreign investment has strongly declined due to the international economic crisis of 2008-2009 and the difficulties in Europe since 2011. In the period 2014-2020, under the Investment Plan for Europe Programme of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, projects have been started in the energy sector, rail infrastructure, and for a regional centre of sewage treatment and waste. The country has a strategic location by the Adriatic Sea, along with developed infrastructures and a well-educated workforce. In 2020, the national government introduced a screening mechanism for FDIs even for EU persons, which are obliged to notify the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of any significant investment in Slovenia in certain strategic sectors (including infrastructure, technologies, and dual-use items, the supply of critical resources, media, etc.). Slovenia ranks 37th out of 190 economies in terms of ease of doing business in the latest Doing Business report by the World Bank (gaining three positions compared to the previous year) and 35th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index.
Foreign Direct Investment | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
FDI Inward Flow (million USD) | 1,463 | 206 | 1,517 |
FDI Stock (million USD) | 18,175 | 20,329 | 20,043 |
Number of Greenfield Investments* | 22 | 12 | 11 |
Value of Greenfield Investments (million USD) | 456 | 475 | 108 |
Source: UNCTAD, Latest available data
Note: * Greenfield Investments are a form of Foreign Direct Investment where a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing new operational facilities from the ground up.
Country Comparison For the Protection of Investors | Slovenia | Eastern Europe & Central Asia | United States | Germany |
Index of Transaction Transparency* | 5.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
Index of Manager’s Responsibility** | 9.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 |
Index of Shareholders’ Power*** | 8.0 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 5.0 |
Source: Doing Business, Latest available data
Note: *The Greater the Index, the More Transparent the Conditions of Transactions. **The Greater the Index, the More the Manager is Personally Responsible. *** The Greater the Index, the Easier it Will Be For Shareholders to Take Legal Action.
Slovenia has many assets including:
Slovenia still faces a number of challenges, slowing the attractiveness of FDI, including:
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