Slovakia

v0.1 · 2022–2024 · 6/6 axes

Composite Score

ISI Composite

0.2364

Mildly Concentrated

Cohort Rank

26 / 27

Less concentrated than 96% of cohort

Axes Coverage

6 / 6

All axes available

Cohort Mean: 0.3444 · Δ -0.1080

Position in Cohort Distribution

Slovakia'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

0.1616−0.1828

Energy External Supplier Concentration

0.4000+0.0556

Technology External Supplier Concentration

0.2165−0.1279

Defense External Supplier Concentration

0.0000−0.3444

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration

0.1549−0.1895

Logistics External Supplier Concentration

0.4855+0.1411

Structural Exposure Summary

Slovakia records a composite ISI of 0.2364, classified as Mildly Concentrated (rank 26 of 27). Structural exposure is led by Logistics / Freight Dependency (0.4855) and Energy Dependency (0.4000), which together represent the primary concentration vectors. The lowest axis score is Defense Industrial Dependency at 0.0000, indicating relative diversification in this domain and a score below the cohort composite mean. The 0.4855 spread between the highest and lowest axes signals an uneven exposure profile across domains.

Most Diversified (Lowest HHI)

Defense External Supplier Concentration0.0000

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration0.1549

Most Concentrated (Highest HHI)

Logistics External Supplier Concentration0.4855

Energy External Supplier Concentration0.4000

Axis 1

Financial External Supplier Concentration

0.1616Mildly Concentrated

Slovakia scores 0.1616 on financial sovereignty (mildly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of inward banking claims and portfolio debt holdings across foreign creditor countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2123

Channel A Volume

38.16K

Channel B Concentration

0.0522

Channel B Volume

17.67K

Score

0.1616

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Banking Claims Concentration

20 partners

BIS — International Banking Statistics · Bank for International Settlements

Top Partners

31.1%

23.9%

21.4%

8.0%

7.2%

2.4%

1.4%

1.1%

0.7%

0.6%

31.1%

23.9%

21.4%

8.0%

7.2%

Other

6.3%

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

0.4000Moderately Concentrated

Slovakia scores 0.4000 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

6 partners

Eurostat — Natural Gas Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

38.1%

NSP

11.9%

NSP

11.9%

NSP

38.1%

NSP

11.9%

NSP

11.9%

Ch. oil: Oil Import Concentration

208 partners

Eurostat — Oil Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Ch. solid_fossil: Solid Fossil Fuel Import Concentration

63 partners

Eurostat — Solid Fossil Fuels Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

50.0%

Fuel Concentrations

Gas

0.4093

Oil

0.3793

Solid Fossil

0.3082

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

0.2165Mildly Concentrated

Slovakia scores 0.2165 on technology/semiconductor dependency (mildly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of semiconductor imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2061

Channel A Volume

2.74B

Channel B Concentration

0.2269

Channel B Volume

2.74B

Score

0.2165

Basis

Both Channels

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

80 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

40.8%

15.0%

6.2%

5.9%

5.6%

4.2%

4.0%

3.6%

1.8%

1.7%

Other

40.8%

15.0%

6.2%

5.9%

5.6%

Other

15.4%

Ch. B: Category-Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Legacy Discrete	0.4651	521.87M
Legacy Components	0.2199	33.49M
Integrated Circuits	0.1700	2.18B

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

0.0000Unconcentrated

Slovakia scores 0.0000 on defense industrial dependency (unconcentrated). No bilateral arms suppliers recorded in SIPRI (2019–2024). Defense procurement occurs via licensed production, joint EU procurement, or domestic manufacturing.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.0000

Channel A Volume

0.0000

Channel B Concentration

0.0000

Channel B Volume

0.0000

Score

0.0000

Basis

No Bilateral Suppliers

Dependency Semantic

No Bilateral Suppliers

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

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

Ch. B: Capability-Block Weighted Concentration

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

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

0.1549Mildly Concentrated

Slovakia scores 0.1549 on critical inputs dependency (mildly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of critical raw material imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.1294

Channel A Volume

116.36M

Channel B Concentration

0.1804

Channel B Volume

116.36M

Score

0.1549

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

44 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

21.0%

18.4%

8.2%

6.3%

4.6%

4.5%

2.4%

2.3%

1.9%

Other

21.0%

18.4%

8.2%

6.3%

Other

15.7%

Ch. B: Material-Group Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Rare Earths	0.2978	550.09K
Battery Metals	0.1843	69.29M
Defense Industrial Metals	0.1844	5.58M
Semiconductor Inputs	0.1514	28.65M
Fertilizer Chokepoints	0.2184	12.29M

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

0.4855Moderately Concentrated

Slovakia scores 0.4855 on logistics/freight dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of international freight across transport modes and bilateral partners.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.7921

Channel A Volume

301.37K

Channel B Concentration

0.1743

Channel B Volume

296.95K

Score

0.4855

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Transport Mode Concentration

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Ch. B: Partner Concentration Per Transport Mode

56 partners

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

28.3%

21.0%

20.6%

20.1%

18.7%

18.1%

15.2%

9.0%

7.3%

6.7%

Other

28.3%

21.0%

20.6%

20.1%

18.7%

Other

56.4%

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Road	0.1773	266.45K
Rail	0.1482	30.5K

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