Slovakia
Score EDRIX
5.55
Niveau
Specialized Contender
Scores des piliers EDRIX (normalisés 0–10)
Métriques brutes
Les valeurs sous-jacentes avant normalisation min-max sur l'UE27.
| Développeurs GitHub (indice par habitant) | 1.78 |
| Part de Linux sur les ordinateurs de bureau et portables | 3.87% |
| Part des navigateurs souverains (Firefox + Opera) | 19.03% |
| Note de souveraineté des domaines — tous (TLD national) | 0.611 |
| Note de souveraineté des domaines — secteur public | 0.667 |
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_SCT10.0; 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.
Référence historique
Fiche OSOR (PDF, 2024) — le rapport de politique Open Source par pays, utilisé dans le pilier Politiques publiques retiré d'EDRIX 1.0.