Slovenia

Slovenia rounds out the top five at 6.68, marked by exceptional consistency: a perfect 10/10 on Public Sector Health, the third-best private-sector hosting rating in the EU27 (.si raw 0.60), a solid sovereign-browser share at 17.98%, and no catastrophic weaknesses. The drag is developer density (2.53) and modest desktop Linux adoption (4.02%).

Strengths

• Perfect Public Sector Health — Ljubljana, head of state, and government all EU-hosted (10.0 / 10.0).
• Third-best .si domain hosting — raw rating 0.60, behind only Czech Republic and Slovakia; strong domestic hosting culture.
• Above-average Sovereign Browser share — 17.98% Firefox + Opera.

Weaknesses

• Modest developer density — 2.56 per-capita index, mid-pack despite Slovenia's reputation for technical universities.
• Linux desktop share at 4.02% — at the EU27 mean, no grassroots distinctive edge.

Outlook

Slovenia is the best-rounded mid-size economy in the EU27: no weakness severe enough to disqualify it, no single pillar standing out. The structural strength is private and public-sector hosting, where Slovenia consistently outperforms its size class.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Slovenia was a "solid emerging country," with its key strength in its institutional approach to open source governance, which drove digital autonomy even without an explicit top-down strategy.

2024 progression

Slovenia's open source infrastructure remains extensive but often "invisible." The new Ministry of Digital Transformation, established in 2023, is now coordinating the country's digital strategy and has recognized open source as a key component for sustainable development.

Historischer Verweis

OSOR-Datenblatt (PDF, 2024) — der länderbezogene Open-Source-Politikbericht, der in der zurückgezogenen Säule „Öffentliche Politik“ von EDRIX 1.0 verwendet wurde.