Slovenia

v0.1 · 2022–2024 · 6/6 axes

Composite Score

ISI Composite

0.3698

Moderately Concentrated

Cohort Rank

10 / 27

Less concentrated than 37% of cohort

Axes Coverage

6 / 6

All axes available

Cohort Mean: 0.3444 · Δ +0.0254

Position in Cohort Distribution

Slovenia's composite score relative to the EU-27 cohort.

Multi-Axis Profile

Deviation from Cohort Mean

Bars show deviation from cohort composite mean (0.3444). Red = above mean. Green = below mean.

Axis

−0.30EU Mean+0.30

ScoreΔ Mean

Financial External Supplier Concentration

0.1192−0.2252

Energy External Supplier Concentration

0.4054+0.0610

Technology External Supplier Concentration

0.3574+0.0130

Defense External Supplier Concentration

0.6666+0.3222

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration

0.2230−0.1214

Logistics External Supplier Concentration

0.4471+0.1028

Structural Exposure Summary

Slovenia records a composite ISI of 0.3698, classified as Moderately Concentrated (rank 10 of 27). Structural exposure is led by Defense Industrial Dependency (0.6666) and Logistics / Freight Dependency (0.4471), which together represent the primary concentration vectors. The lowest axis score is Financial Sovereignty at 0.1192, indicating relative diversification in this domain and a score below the cohort composite mean. The 0.5474 spread between the highest and lowest axes signals an uneven exposure profile across domains.

Most Diversified (Lowest HHI)

Financial External Supplier Concentration0.1192

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration0.2230

Most Concentrated (Highest HHI)

Defense External Supplier Concentration0.6666

Logistics External Supplier Concentration0.4471

Axis 1

Financial External Supplier Concentration

0.1192Unconcentrated

Slovenia scores 0.1192 on financial sovereignty (unconcentrated). This reflects the concentration of inward banking claims and portfolio debt holdings across foreign creditor countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2241

Channel A Volume

9.89K

Channel B Concentration

0.0716

Channel B Volume

21.79K

Score

0.1192

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Banking Claims Concentration

21 partners

BIS — International Banking Statistics · Bank for International Settlements

Top Partners

35.9%

24.9%

11.7%

10.2%

8.9%

1.7%

1.4%

1.2%

0.9%

35.9%

24.9%

11.7%

10.2%

8.9%

Other

6.5%

Ch. B: Portfolio Debt Concentration

IMF — Financial Statistics · International Monetary Fund

Warnings

◆ [Medium]BIS creditor coverage gap: non-BIS-reporting countries absent as creditors; concentration may be biased upward.
◆ [Medium]IMF CPIS participation is voluntary; China does not participate. Portfolio debt concentration may understate true exposure.
● [Low]Partial overlap between Channel A (bank claims) and Channel B (portfolio debt securities held by banks).
● [Low]Croatia (HR) absent from Channel B (IMF CPIS). Score reduces to Channel A only.

Axis 2

Energy External Supplier Concentration

0.4054Moderately Concentrated

Slovenia scores 0.4054 on energy dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of fossil fuel imports (gas, oil, solid fossil fuels) across supplier countries.

Channels

Ch. gas: Natural Gas Import Concentration

10 partners

Eurostat — Natural Gas Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

47.3%

1.9%

0.6%

0.2%

47.3%

1.9%

0.6%

Other

1.0%

Ch. oil: Oil Import Concentration

260 partners

Eurostat — Oil Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

50.0%

Ch. solid_fossil: Solid Fossil Fuel Import Concentration

29 partners

Eurostat — Solid Fossil Fuels Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

50.0%

46.4%

50.0%

46.4%

Fuel Concentrations

Gas

0.4741

Oil

0.3319

Solid Fossil

0.4099

Warnings

◆ [Medium]Pipeline gas and LNG not separated. A country importing 50% pipeline gas from Russia and 50% LNG from multiple sources scores as if partially diversified.
◆ [Medium]Re-exports and transit flows may distort bilateral attribution across all fuel types.
● [Low]No price or contract-duration effects captured. Volume-based concentration only.

Axis 3

Technology External Supplier Concentration

0.3574Moderately Concentrated

Slovenia scores 0.3574 on technology/semiconductor dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of semiconductor imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.3502

Channel A Volume

520.46M

Channel B Concentration

0.3646

Channel B Volume

520.46M

Score

0.3574

Basis

Both Channels

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

79 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

57.6%

8.3%

7.8%

5.3%

3.0%

2.5%

2.0%

1.3%

1.1%

1.0%

57.6%

8.3%

7.8%

5.3%

3.0%

Other

7.9%

Ch. B: Category-Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Legacy Discrete	0.4560	117.72M
Legacy Components	0.3251	17.36M
Integrated Circuits	0.3385	385.37M

Warnings

◆ [Medium]Re-export blindness: bilateral trade records shipping country, not country of origin.
● [Low]Trade concentration does not capture domestic fabrication capacity.
● [Low]HS 8542 at HS4 aggregate: integrated circuits not decomposed into subcategories.
● [Low]Intra-EU trade included: EU partners appear as suppliers (by design).
● [Low]Three-year window (2022–2024) may include pandemic-era distortions.

Axis 4

Defense External Supplier Concentration

0.6666Highly Concentrated

Slovenia scores 0.6666 on defense industrial dependency (highly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of major conventional arms imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.5295

Channel A Volume

51.5000

Channel B Concentration

0.8038

Channel B Volume

51.5000

Score

0.6666

Basis

Both Channels

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

2 partners

SIPRI Arms Transfers Database · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Top Partners

62.1%

37.9%

62.1%

37.9%

Ch. B: Capability-Block Weighted Concentration

SIPRI Arms Transfers Database · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Air Power	0.7341	38
Land Combat	1.0000	13.5

Warnings

◆ [Medium]SIPRI TIV is a volume indicator, not a financial value. Comparability across weapon types is approximate.
◆ [Medium]SIPRI covers major conventional weapons only. Small arms, ammunition, MRO, and sustainment contracts are excluded.
● [Low]Six-year delivery window (2019–2024) may include legacy contracts not reflecting current strategic posture.
● [Low]Regex-based weapon classification may cause edge-case misclassification across capability blocks.
● [Low]Countries with no bilateral SIPRI supplier entries are assigned score=0 (zero external concentration). This reflects licensed production, joint EU procurement, or domestic manufacturing.

Axis 5

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration

0.2230Mildly Concentrated

Slovenia scores 0.2230 on critical inputs dependency (mildly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of critical raw material imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.1255

Channel A Volume

415.92M

Channel B Concentration

0.3205

Channel B Volume

415.92M

Score

0.2230

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

51 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

23.3%

21.2%

7.9%

7.5%

6.2%

5.5%

5.1%

4.5%

3.8%

2.0%

Other

23.3%

21.2%

7.9%

7.5%

6.2%

Other

20.9%

Ch. B: Material-Group Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Rare Earths	0.4619	1.69M
Battery Metals	0.1997	178.79M
Defense Industrial Metals	0.3034	68.83M
Semiconductor Inputs	0.1290	27.11M
Fertilizer Chokepoints	0.5193	139.51M

Warnings

▲ [High]Re-export and entrepot masking: bilateral trade records shipping country, not origin. 13 of 27 reporters source >50% from EU partners.
◆ [Medium]Small-economy amplification: CY, MT, LU produce mechanically high HHI values due to low total import volumes.
◆ [Medium]CN8 scope covers upstream materials only. Midstream processing and downstream products excluded. China's role understated.
● [Low]Confidential trade suppression: Q-prefix partner codes excluded. May cause underestimation for some partners.

Axis 6

Logistics External Supplier Concentration

0.4471Moderately Concentrated

Slovenia scores 0.4471 on logistics/freight dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of international freight across transport modes and bilateral partners.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.6437

Channel A Volume

293.51K

Channel B Concentration

0.2164

Channel B Volume

249.99K

Score

0.4471

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Transport Mode Concentration

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Ch. B: Partner Concentration Per Transport Mode

55 partners

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

60.9%

32.4%

24.5%

14.3%

13.5%

12.0%

10.0%

4.1%

4.0%

3.8%

Other

60.9%

32.4%

24.5%

14.3%

13.5%

Other

33.9%

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Road	0.2005	230.62K
Rail	0.4055	19.37K

Warnings

▲ [High]Entrepot/hub masking: NL and BE scores understate their systemic importance as continental freight hubs; countries trading through NL/BE have inflated partner concentration masking true origin.
◆ [Medium]Geographic determinism: MT (Channel A HHI = 1.0), CY, and landlocked countries have structurally constrained scores reflecting geography, not policy choices.
◆ [Medium]Maritime-energy overlap: maritime tonnage includes energy commodity transport, creating partial redundancy with Axis 3 (Energy).
◆ [Medium]Tonnage blindness: all freight is treated equally per tonne regardless of commodity type; strategic commodity differentiation is absent.
● [Low]No route/chokepoint data: the axis cannot detect Suez, Bosporus, or any physical corridor dependency.

Cite: Drazsky, S., & International Sovereignty Institute. (2026). International Sovereignty Index (ISI) — EU-27 Founding Cohort (v1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18764170

Category

HHI

Volume

Legacy Discrete

0.4560

117.72M

Legacy Components

0.3251

17.36M

Integrated Circuits

0.3385

385.37M

Category

HHI

Volume

Air Power

0.7341

Land Combat

1.0000

13.5

Category

HHI

Volume

Rare Earths

0.4619

1.69M

Battery Metals

0.1997

178.79M

Defense Industrial Metals

0.3034

68.83M

Semiconductor Inputs

0.1290

27.11M

Fertilizer Chokepoints

0.5193

139.51M

Category

HHI

Volume

Road

0.2005

230.62K

Rail

0.4055

19.37K