ECONOMY INTRODUCTION  

By Tamara Ortega and Nejc Špenko

·The Ljubljana region produces approximately 25% of the gross domestic product.

·The active population in 2003 was 62%.

·64% of the workers belonged to the private sector. ·

36% of the workers belonged to the public sector. ·In 2008, the unemployment rate was 4.9%.

·The gross domestic product in 2007 was 24,600€.

·The industry is the most important economic sector of the city, especially pharmaceutics and food.

·The public sector provides jobs in education, culture and health.

·The Ljubljana Stock Exchange purchased in 2008 by the Vienna Stock Exchange, hosts large Slovenian companies.

·In the city there are more than 15,000 companies, mostly focused on the tertiary sector.

 

 

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Excellent! You did that very well, Tamara!! By Nejc Špenko

I would like to add that…

Slovenia produces energy from nuclear power (44.8%), solid fuels (22.1%), renewables energy (17.1%), hydro energy (14.1%) and other sources. We have one nuclear plant in Krško and one coal powered power plant in Šoštanj and many hydroelectric power plants on the rivers Sava, Drava and Soča.