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Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
consists of counties:

Towns
Region Juhoslovenská kotlina contains cities Dobšiná, Fiľakovo, Hnúšťa, Jelšava, Lučenec, Modrý Kameň, Poltár, Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava, Tisovec, Tornaľa, Veľký Krtíš and 348 villages. More on oma.sk. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2023-09-01, for population are fore yar 2021.
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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![]() Lučenec | 25 614 17 074 | 982 494 421 | 5.8 % 5.6 % 2.5 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 842 14 664 | 970 480 510 | 6.6 % 6.5 % 3.5 % |
![]() Rožňava | 17 347 11 550 | 704 376 303 | 6.1 % 6.3 % 2.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 11 273 7 557 | 578 318 289 | 7.6 % 8.5 % 3.8 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 866 7 491 | 296 145 87 | 4 % 3.8 % 1.2 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 861 6 663 | 574 339 289 | 8.6 % 10.1 % 4.3 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 887 4 664 | 565 331 345 | 12.1 % 14.5 % 7.4 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 714 4 541 | 432 222 197 | 9.5 % 9.9 % 4.3 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 235 3 536 | 306 156 146 | 8.7 % 8.8 % 4.1 % |
![]() Dobšiná | 5 129 3 189 | 389 208 201 | 12.2 % 13.5 % 6.3 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 693 2 424 | 201 113 85 | 8.3 % 9.5 % 3.5 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 171 2 151 | 312 193 214 | 14.5 % 18.9 % 9.9 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 632 1 101 | 60 26 17 | 5.4 % 5 % 1.5 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Klenovec (3013), Krásnohorské Podhradie (2810), Kokava nad Rimavicou (2756), Jesenské (2336), Kalinovo (2229), Plešivec (2214), Rimavská Seč (2189), Cinobaňa (2032), Divín (2020).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
348 | 146 | 74 | 86 | 24 | 18 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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number of unemployed | 48 321 | 46 176 | 37 850 | 24 710 | 22 260 | 24 957 | 26 095 | 23 311 | 22 572 |
number of long-term unemployed | 31 156 | 32 161 | 24 344 | 13 471 | 11 644 | 12 100 | 14 714 | 13 638 | 12 711 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 59 001 | 55 795 | 42 677 | 31 534 | 28 521 | 27 436 | 25 320 | 25 335 | 24 896 |
number of activational workers | 17 791 | 16 559 | 12 669 | 7199 | 6671 | 6669 | 5933 | 6590 | 2844 |
unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 11 |
long-term unemployment rate | 13.3 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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number of inhabitants | 330 703 | 329 135 | 327 109 | 325 110 | 323 718 | 322 498 | 309 416 | 307 810 | 307 810 |
assignation tax | 66 919 300 | 71 885 446 | 85 822 304 | 103 386 289 | 116 283 275 | 119 489 335 | 114 296 658 | 126 383 525 | 138 649 060 |
demographic dependency | 19.7 | 21.0 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 28.2 | 28.8 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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less than 24 years | 9861 | 7343 | 5057 | 2738 | 2487 | 3043 | 3127 | 2730 | 2703 |
25 to 39 years | 20 819 | 17 136 | 13 695 | 8251 | 7352 | 8295 | 8483 | 7605 | 7398 |
40 to 54 years | 18 734 | 15 999 | 13 665 | 9117 | 8188 | 8984 | 9417 | 8454 | 8360 |
55 years and more | 5881 | 5698 | 5433 | 4603 | 4234 | 4636 | 5068 | 4522 | 4353 |
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 Juhoslovenská kotlina, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/juhoslovenska-kotlina

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