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Region upper Hron river

consists of counties:

map of region upper Hron river

Region is situated in central part of Slovakia. Relief is mainly mountaineus. Massive of Nízke Tatry makes marked barier in the north. Other part of the area is filled by mountains of Slovenské Rudohorie. Head line of the area is a basin of river Hron – Horehronské Podolie.

There occured specific situation in economic development. Because of administrative classification changes. In 1996, there were separated several districts from central „native" district and were developping in different rate. Central native districts (Banská Bystrica, Zvolen) achieve today upper standard, while separated districts (Detva, Brezno) achieve lower standard in employment and labour market messures. Actual situation, indicate dominant standing and improvement of native districts, and constantly augmentation af problems and regional inequality in employment and labour market characteristics in new districts. Industrial base in Brezno and Detva is few deversified. Detva district is classed as economicly tailing away. Ecomomical potential of this region has unique regional specifics, which puts it among economic more problematic regions of Slovakia. It is caused not only by different economical base of districts, but also by different infrastructural equipement. Employment in the region in industrial branches has decrease in last years and this decrease is followed also by total decrease of number of industrial enterprises. Unless glass and ceramic, polygraphic and metallurgical industry showed encrease of employment in the last years. The largest decrease is marked in mine, food, wood and machine industry.

Development of the economic structure in the last years of all country, where Horehronie takes part, is characterised by consistent reinforcement of services sector, by reducing industriy and building industry and by continuing decrease in agriculture.

Region upper Hron river contains cities Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, Hriňová, Sliač, Zvolen and 106 villages. Viac aj na oma.sk.

unemployment in LAU2 regions upper Hron river LAU2

Basic data

rok20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
number of inhabitants276 682276 110275 592274 973274 571274 085273 538272 641271 969264 233273 550
number of unemployed19 34819 45717 83716 88914 59310 46180697215929495068052
number of long-term unemployed91969261868684107171473030842340266338383356
number of people receiving social benefits14 80515 21613 89211 4189619785961995241513848565340
number of activational workers14141412169815461186919619406443421389
unemployment rate13.813.512.81210.37.45.44.86.16.45.6
long-term unemployment rate6.66.46.26.05.13.32.01.61.82.62.3
assignation tax64 656 89162 351 73865 603 45872 968 51479 417 09288 624 59596 516 280109 432 235112 803 768107 840 952119 356 557
demographic dependency20.921.822.623.725.126.327.729.130.331.532.4
demographic pyramid upper Hron river 2022 demographic pyramid upper Hron river 2035

Number of unemployed

rok20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
less than 24 years40173385300726722039126188480311361074870
25 to 39 years79746878621958645136353726632427317331482628
40 to 54 years72416383590156674922364928342464313332952835
55 years and more29112811271026872495201316881520185219881719
number of inhabitants – upper Hron river

Other regions

upper Hron river number of inhabitants, unemployed for longer than 4 years, low educated unemployed

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


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