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Slovakia

EDRIX Score

5.55

Tier

Specialized Contender

EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)

Developer Ecosystem 0.63 / 10
Grassroots Adoption 5.40 / 10
Private sector resilience 9.50 / 10
Public sector resilience 6.67 / 10

Raw metrics

The underlying values before min-max normalization across the EU27.

GitHub developers (per-capita index) 1.78
Linux share on desktops and laptops 3.87%
Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) 19.03%
Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) 0.611
Domain sovereignty rating — public sector 0.667

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Slovakia scores 5.67, dramatically driven by the best private-sector hosting rating in the EU27 — DR_PRIV_SCT perfectly normalised to 10.0 (raw 0.63, tied with Czech Republic). Despite very weak developer density (0.63), Slovakia's domestic hosting culture lifts it to mid-table.

Strengths

  • Best private-sector hosting in the EU — DR_PRIV_SCT 10.0; Slovak businesses host on domestic infrastructure (WebSupport, Slovanet, ACTIVE 24 SK) more than any other country in the union.
  • Strong sovereign browser share — 19.03% Firefox + Opera, top tier.
  • Public Sector Health at 6.67 — solid but below the perfect-10 cluster.

Weaknesses

  • Lowest developer density in the EU — 1.78 per-capita index, near the bottom of the EU27.
  • Linux desktop share of 3.87% — at the EU27 mean.

Outlook

Slovakia's private-sector hosting result is the standout finding of the June 2026 edition — a country one wouldn't have expected at the top of any sovereignty metric leading the EU on domestic-infrastructure use. The constraint going forward is the developer pipeline, which limits how much of that hosting can scale into a software-export economy.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Slovakia was a "laggard." It had legally binding OSS policies on paper but had failed to translate them into practice due to a lack of institutional leadership.

2024 progression

Slovakia is increasingly embracing OSS. The legal framework has shifted to mandate software reuse, and the 2021 National Concept of Informatisation advises the public sector to increase its use of open source software. Civic associations like Slovensko.Digital remain crucial.

Historical reference

OSOR Fact Sheet (PDF, 2024) — the country-level Open Source policy report used by the retired Public Policy pillar in EDRIX 1.0.