Slovenia
In 2025, the Home Office granted 58 study visas to nationals of Slovenia, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of Slovenia in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 0 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas51 grants
Includes family members of workers, and seasonal and other short work visas.
Study visas58 grants
Includes family members of students, and short study visas.
Family visas8 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas0 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas2 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes117 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 51 + 58 + 8 + 0. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens did not need a visa to move to the UK until the end of 2020, so their visa figures are close to zero before 2021.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 168 |
| 2022 | 61 |
| 2023 | 56 |
| 2024 | 57 |
| 2025 | 51 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above).
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 1991. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of people ages 15 and above.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Slovenia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsSlovenia and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Slovenia
2002 census · UNdata [1]
- Agnostic271 people
- Atheist199,264 people
- Catholic1,135,626 people
- Evangelical14,736 people
- Islam47,488 people
- Jewish99 people
- Oriental1,026 people
- Orthodox45,908 people
- Other558 people
- Other Christians1,877 people
- Other Protestant1,399 people
- Didn't answer307,973 people
- No Afiliation68,714 people
- Unknown139,097 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Slovenia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2002. UNdata lists it as received in 2003.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of Slovenia in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 51 work, 58 study, 8 family, 0 safe route and 2 other visas to nationals of Slovenia, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of Slovenia claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Slovenia claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of Slovenia arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Slovenia were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.