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Region Danube river
consists of counties:

Towns
Region Danube river contains cities Dunajská Streda, Gabčíkovo, Hurbanovo, Kolárovo, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Šaľa, Šamorín, Štúrovo, Šurany, Veľký Meder and 172 villages.
name | number of inhabitants in economically active age | number of unemployed number of unemployed women number of long-term unemployed | unemployment rate unemployment rate of women long-term unemployment rate |
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![]() Nové Zámky | 37 270 24 866 | 896 521 197 | 3.6 % 4.1 % 0.8 % |
![]() Komárno | 32 643 21 782 | 712 415 193 | 3.3 % 3.8 % 0.9 % |
![]() Dunajská Streda | 23 009 15 426 | 500 323 151 | 3.2 % 4.1 % 1 % |
![]() Šaľa | 20 820 14 224 | 417 250 98 | 2.9 % 3.5 % 0.7 % |
![]() Šamorín | 13 605 8 990 | 199 123 34 | 2.2 % 2.7 % 0.4 % |
![]() Kolárovo | 10 516 7 145 | 392 236 168 | 5.5 % 6.9 % 2.4 % |
![]() Štúrovo | 9 591 6 355 | 149 97 38 | 2.3 % 3.1 % 0.6 % |
![]() Šurany | 9 477 6 441 | 224 117 57 | 3.5 % 3.7 % 0.9 % |
![]() Veľký Meder | 8 348 5 635 | 180 112 43 | 3.2 % 3.9 % 0.8 % |
![]() Hurbanovo | 7 375 4 957 | 232 133 68 | 4.7 % 5.5 % 1.4 % |
![]() Gabčíkovo | 5 250 3 646 | 86 57 28 | 2.4 % 3.2 % 0.8 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Tvrdošovce (5171), Dvory nad Žitavou (5014), Nesvady (4988), Močenok (4342), Palárikovo (4254), Komjatice (4230), Marcelová (3791), Okoč (3710), Tešedíkovo (3691), Bánov (3645), Zlaté Klasy (3580), Bátorove Kosihy (3305), Neded (3178), Vlčany (3175), Topoľníky (3135), Lehnice (3075), Veľký Kýr (2980), Selice (2843), Vrakúň (2835), Trnovec nad Váhom (2769), Hviezdoslavov (2768), Svätý Peter (2705), Pribeta (2699), Zlatná na Ostrove (2429), Svodín (2401), Diakovce (2388), Nový Život (2311), Zemianska Olča (2302), Trhová Hradská (2198), Holice (2159), Zemné (2112), Horná Potôň (2111), Gbelce (2096).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
172 | 8 | 26 | 45 | 37 | 56 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 33 790 | 29 247 | 21 470 | 9611 | 8466 | 12 656 | 13 895 | 11 338 | 9984 |
number of long-term unemployed | 15 809 | 15 169 | 10 278 | 2880 | 1987 | 2433 | 4411 | 3975 | 2959 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 26 397 | 22 606 | 14 200 | 8193 | 6646 | 6049 | 5475 | 5603 | 5556 |
number of activational workers | 1999 | 2013 | 1290 | 428 | 264 | 252 | 235 | 221 | 97.4 |
unemployment rate | 11.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
long-term unemployment rate | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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number of inhabitants | 418 112 | 416 956 | 415 955 | 415 048 | 414 470 | 413 434 | 413 423 | 412 407 | 412 407 |
assignation tax | 85 541 295 | 89 030 031 | 106 098 015 | 129 335 822 | 145 582 558 | 150 369 285 | 144 347 652 | 159 447 754 | 178 972 128 |
demographic dependency | 20.8 | 22.0 | 24.1 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 30.4 | 32.1 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 6586 | 4609 | 2664 | 1004 | 917 | 1483 | 1572 | 1224 | 1087 |
25 to 39 years | 14 126 | 10 252 | 7441 | 3046 | 2648 | 4129 | 4378 | 3577 | 3037 |
40 to 54 years | 12 917 | 10 012 | 7530 | 3370 | 2951 | 4399 | 4870 | 4019 | 3654 |
55 years and more | 5068 | 4374 | 3835 | 2191 | 1950 | 2645 | 3075 | 2518 | 2234 |
Other regions
- Basic data on Slovak regions
- Labour market indicators of slovak regions.
- Region Bratislava and surroundings
- Region Kopanice
- Region Danube river
- Region lower Vah river
- Region middle Vár river
- Region upper Nitra river
- Region lower Nitra river
- Region Mining cities
- Region Kysuce a Orava
- Region upper Vah river – Liptov
- Region Spiš cities
- Region upper Hron river
- Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
- Region Košice fold and Torysa river
- Region upper Zemplín
- Region lower Zemplín

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Region Danube river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/danube-river

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