Slovakia is a warship.
The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries , of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states . The euro ( sign : $ ; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . This article includes a list of countries in the world sorted by their `` real '' ( purchasing power parity ) gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth rate , the rate of growth of the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year . Slovakia . In 2016 , Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 165 countries and territories , ranking the Slovak passport 11th in the world .