Slovenia: New Record for People Leaving the Country

Politics ♦ Published: July 31, 2013; 15:43 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to the Statistics Office, the number of Slovenian citizens moving from the country came to a new record in 2012.

Slovenia: New Record for People Leaving the Country / Picture: © BMI Bundesministerium für Inneres / Alexander Tuma

8,191 Slovenians left for an education or job abroad. Around 25 percent went to Germany and 14 percent to Austria. In total 14,378 persons left Slovenia last year, which is an increase of 19.6 percent compared to 2011, while 15,022 moved to the country. According to reports by Slovenia Times the percentage of persons moving to Slovenia was 6.7 percent more than in 2011. The number of…