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Western Slovakia - SK02

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2012	1 839 259
area in square km	year 2012	14 992
GDP per capita in PPS	year 2010	16 700
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2010	68,00
Unemployment rate	year 2012	11,30
unemployment rage, male	year 2012	10,00
unemployment rate, female	year 2012	13,00
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2001	0,50
Employment rate	year 2013	57,10
employment rate, male	year 2013	66,50
employment rate, female	year 2013	48,40
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2013	16,50
Distance from Bratislava		67 km
Distance from Košice		236 km

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2012	774	100%

Source: Eurostat; shortened variable name does not necessarily precisely describe contents of this v

sub regions Western Slovakia : Trnava region, Trenčín region and Nitra region

other regions in Slovakia : Bratislava region, Western Slovakia, Central Slovakia and Eastern Slovakia

Neighbouring regions: Niederösterreich, Jihovychod, Stredni Morava, Kozep-Magyarorszag, Kozep-Dunantul, Nyugat-Dunantul, Eszak-Magyarorszag, Bratislava region and Central Slovakia

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Current statistics

September 2018: number of unemployed at the labour offices: 179123, of which 70589 are long term unemployed, unemployment rate 6.5% (2.6% long term unemployment)

Highest unemployment: Rimavská Sobota 20.3% (12.1%), Revúca 19.5% (10.1%), Kežmarok 16.8% (8.3%), Rožňava 16.3% (9.0%), Vranov nad Topľou 15.5% (7.4%)

Lowest unemployment:: Bratislava V 2.5%, Trenčín 2.6%, Galanta 2.7%, Hlohovec 2.7%, Trnava 2.8%