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Region lower Vah river
consists of counties:

Region Dolné Považie is situated in the west part of Slovakia and spread in Podunajska lowland, specificely in the Podunajská heights.To the selected region interfers lowerparts of the mountains – Považský Inovec in the north-east, Biele Karpaty in the north, Malé Karpaty in the west. The region is the part of the spur of the Podunajská lowland and spreads on the flat of the river Váh, which is the longest river in Slovakia. The region is situated in medium warm to warm climat area, which is favourable for planting agricultural products.
The region can be characterised as a tributary area of the town Trnava, with good transfer availability to important travel connenctions (highway D1, railway and air connections). Developing center of this region is the town Trnava, mainly because of its historical status and also of its standing during the modern period of Slovak republic advancement.
The region Dolné Považie belongs to the regions with above standard economical base, with strong travel infrastructure. District of Galanta is an exception in this sence, it belongs to regions with standart economical level.
Region lower Vah river contains cities Galanta, Hlohovec, Leopoldov, Piešťany, Sereď, Sládkovičovo, Trnava, Vrbové and 124 villages.

Basic data
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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number of inhabitants | 331 689 | 332 117 | 332 481 | 332 707 | 333 377 | 333 696 | 334 096 | 334 599 | 334 696 | 333 398 | 341 286 | 341 693 |
number of unemployed | 14 331 | 14 753 | 13 218 | 11 761 | 8760 | 5631 | 4692 | 4760 | 7350 | 7730 | 6235 | 5686 |
number of long-term unemployed | 4297 | 4803 | 4490 | 3862 | 2248 | 1012 | 603 | 466 | 765 | 1740 | 1358 | 1068 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 9513 | 9272 | 7813 | 5762 | 4632 | 3563 | 2785 | 2276 | 2175 | 2115 | 2618 | 2788 |
number of activational workers | 135 | 109 | 142 | 111 | 73.1 | 22.5 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3 | 1.3 |
unemployment rate | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | |
long-term unemployment rate | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
assignation tax | 69 178 478 | 70 529 777 | 72 810 372 | 80 703 290 | 88 367 340 | 98 987 692 | 108 964 831 | 123 456 974 | 128 272 108 | 123 200 087 | 136 397 218 | |
demographic dependency | 20.9 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 26.5 | 27.7 | 28.9 | 29.5 | 31.9 | 33.1 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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less than 24 years | 3436 | 2939 | 2522 | 2038 | 1324 | 800 | 586 | 570 | 940 | 902 | 735 | 626 |
25 to 39 years | 5933 | 5408 | 4752 | 4254 | 3246 | 2129 | 1838 | 1859 | 2810 | 2733 | 2233 | 1975 |
40 to 54 years | 4995 | 4478 | 4063 | 3633 | 2754 | 1753 | 1454 | 1532 | 2411 | 2660 | 2120 | 2042 |
55 years and more | 1976 | 1929 | 1881 | 1836 | 1437 | 948 | 814 | 799 | 1188 | 1435 | 1147 | 1044 |

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 lower Vah river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/lower-vah-river

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