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Based on IDC estimation, this ratio for Slovakia reached about 2.17 % in the year
2000 and is expected to increase to about 2.93 % of GDP in the year 2006.
• In terms of per capita expenditure on IT, Slovakia’s per capita expenditure was
about 161 USD in 2003. This represents only 76 %, 55 %, and 70 % of the per
capita expenditures on IT of the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary,
respectively.
• The Slovak IT sector accounted for a 0.86 % of the total employment in 1995,
which is estimated to have increased to about 1.6 % in 2003.
• While the study recognizes the positive progress that has been achieved in the
Slovak IT sector, compared to other countries and given the human potential
and other endowments Slovakia posses, this sector should receive a more
serious attention in the future.
3. What makes the IT sector different from other branches in Slovakia
• The total production in the IT sector (which belongs to No. 72 according to
Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community –
NACE, Rev. 1) reached 14.5 bn. SK in 2000, which accounted for 0.66 % of the
total production of Slovakia during the same year.
• In terms of value added, the IT sector has the share of 0.85 % on the total value
added in the year 2000. This clearly indicates the high value added contributed
by this sector taking into account that this sector employed only 0.34 % the total
employment in the same year. In terms of labor productivity, the IT sector ranks
14 th out of the total 59 branches in the Slovak economy in 2000. In the same
year, the IT sector accounted for 1.1 % (763 mil. SK) of the total collected value
added tax.
• In terms of its share in total production, the IT sector in Slovakia belongs to the
smallest branches, ranking only 33 rd out of the 59 branches. However, in terms of
its degree of competitiveness, this sector belongs to one of the highly
competitive, ranking 15 th out of the total 59 branches.
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