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Orava
consists of counties:

Region Orava contains cities Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Trstená, Tvrdošín and 59 villages. Viac aj na oma.sk.

Basic data
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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number of inhabitants | 135 753 | 136 216 | 136 485 | 136 809 | 137 279 | 137 716 | 138 101 | 138 499 | 138 875 | 138 302 |
number of unemployed | 9035 | 9690 | 9015 | 7617 | 5689 | 4380 | 3487 | 3137 | 4383 | 4284 |
number of long-term unemployed | 3328 | 3958 | 4198 | 3356 | 2129 | 1452 | 982 | 687 | 835 | 1358 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 4650 | 4942 | 4221 | 2740 | 1808 | 1199 | 882 | 734 | 760 | 708 |
number of activational workers | 421 | 486 | 396 | 295 | 186 | 126 | 63.8 | 30.8 | 36.3 | 47.2 |
unemployment rate | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 12 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
long-term unemployment rate | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
assignation tax | 34 347 641 | 34 326 684 | 35 610 602 | 39 450 897 | 43 558 028 | 49 124 129 | 52 518 559 | 59 547 491 | 61 663 016 | 59 147 845 |
demographic dependency | 15.3 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 21.9 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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less than 24 years | 2256 | 2276 | 2022 | 1575 | 1036 | 749 | 568 | 511 | 702 | 629 |
25 to 39 years | 2982 | 3288 | 3051 | 2588 | 1958 | 1500 | 1205 | 1114 | 1527 | 1416 |
40 to 54 years | 2651 | 3115 | 2926 | 2486 | 1884 | 1468 | 1132 | 989 | 1424 | 1448 |
55 years and more | 851 | 1010 | 1016 | 968 | 812 | 662 | 581 | 523 | 730 | 790 |

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 - Orava, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/kysuce-a-orava/orava

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Current statistics
May 2022: number of unemployed at the labour offices: 188886, of which 85552 are long term unemployed, unemployment rate 7.0 % (3.2 % long term unemployment)
Highest unemployment: Rimavská Sobota 21.5 % (13.9 %), Revúca 20.8 % (13.5 %), Kežmarok 18.5 % (9.8 %)
Lowest unemployment:: Bratislava V 2.8 %, Trenčín 2.9 %, Ilava 3.1 %, Bratislava I 3.3 %, Nitra 3.3 %