Statistical Yearbook of science and technology 2024 is part of the publication system of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. It contains selected indicators on Research and Development (R&D) in the Slovak Republic for past five years. The statistics on Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) introduced in the Slovak Republic in 2002, compiled according to the methodology of the Canberra manual, OECD 1995, is also presented in the publication.

The Yearbook is divided into two chapters. Each chapter comprises methodological notes of particular indicators. The first chapter presents data on the status, structure and development of R&D personnel, R&D expenditures and sources of funds for R&D according to the methodology of the Frascati manual, OECD 2015, for years 2019 − 2023. The second chapter contains data on the stocks of HRST for years 2020 − 2024. It is compiled from the results of the Labour force sample survey.

Data are in organisational structure, prices and methodology of the current year. Differences in sums result from rounding the data.