Figures also show that almost 4,5% of the country's population last year were foreigners, of which 644 moved to Slovenia last year alone.

The statisticians recorded 957,000 overnight stays by Italian tourists in 2012, some 696,000 by Austrians and some 3,000 fewer by Germans.

Construction works on slightly more than 4,300 apartments were completed last year, which is 39% of all flats under construction in 2012.

As many as 76% of Slovenian households had a computer.

To buy a Renault Clio, a Slovenian worker had to work almost 1,746 hours. Almost 102 hours of work were needed to buy an LCD TV set and 8 hours and 20 minutes for a pair of jeans.

As many as 97,706 students were studying at higher education schools in the 2012/13 academic year, which is almost 6,300 fewer than in 2011/12.