Slovakia
EDRIX Score
5.25
EOTRIX Score
3.55
Tier
Specialized Contender
Overall Assessment
Slovakia is a lower-tier performer whose efforts to build digital resilience are severely hampered by a near-nonexistent open source developer ecosystem and a public policy that, while improving, still lacks maturity.
Sobering Reality
The official website for the capital, Bratislava, is hosted in the US, uses US-based Cloudflare for DNS, and has its email run by Microsoft, a critical set of dependencies for a major public institution.
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.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
Slovakia's key weakness is a near-zero Developer Ecosystem score (0.32), indicating an almost complete lack of a domestic open source development base. Its Public Policy score (5.00) is moderate, and its Grassroots Adoption (5.60) is average.
Strengths
- Grassroots Adoption: Moderate adoption of open source and sovereign browsers among the public.
Weaknesses
- Developer Ecosystem: One of the weakest in the EU, representing a critical capacity gap.
- Public Policy: The policy framework is still developing and lacks the institutional backing of higher-ranked countries.
Outlook
Slovakia's primary challenge is foundational: it must build a domestic tech talent pool. Without developers to build and maintain sovereign solutions, even the best policies will have limited impact. Strategic investment in tech education and community building is essential for any meaningful progress.