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Region upper Hron river
consists of counties:

Towns
Region upper Hron river contains cities Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, Hriňová, Sliač, Zvolen and 107 villages. More on oma.sk. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2025-03-01, for population are fore yar 2024.
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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![]() Banská Bystrica | 73 533 46 551 | 1 467 755 377 | 3.2 % 3.2 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 39 175 25 601 | 838 438 261 | 3.3 % 3.4 % 1 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 671 12 560 | 566 321 203 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.6 % |
![]() Detva | 13 523 8 810 | 396 218 138 | 4.5 % 5 % 1.6 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 931 4 527 | 219 120 87 | 4.8 % 5.4 % 1.9 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 788 3 110 | 90 49 33 | 2.9 % 3.2 % 1.1 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Čierny Balog (5011), Podbrezová (3572), Valaská (3414), Slovenská Ľupča (3257), Polomka (2900), Zvolenská Slatina (2791), Očová (2522), Heľpa (2428), Pliešovce (2241), Závadka nad Hronom (2152), Brusno (2144), Selce (2139), Pohorelá (2121), Badín (2035).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
107 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 21 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 19 348 | 17 837 | 14 593 | 8069 | 7215 | 9294 | 9506 | 8052 | 7374 | 6733 | 6614 |
number of long-term unemployed | 9196 | 8686 | 7171 | 3084 | 2340 | 2663 | 3838 | 3356 | 2820 | 2497 | 2234 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 14 805 | 13 892 | 9619 | 6199 | 5241 | 5138 | 4856 | 5340 | 5405 | 4875 | 4631 |
number of activational workers | 1414 | 1698 | 1186 | 619 | 406 | 443 | 421 | 389 | 100 | 192 | 156 |
unemployment rate | 9.6 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4 | 3.9 |
long-term unemployment rate | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
vacancies | 198 | 291 | 2234 | 2619 | 2948 | 2782 | 2462 | 2049 | 1428 | 1893 | 1928 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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number of inhabitants | 276 709 | 275 630 | 274 571 | 273 538 | 272 637 | 271 964 | 264 233 | 262 961 | 261 636 | 261 636 | 261 636 |
assignation tax | 64 656 891 | 65 603 458 | 79 417 092 | 96 516 280 | 109 432 235 | 112 803 768 | 107 840 952 | 119 356 557 | 132 255 645 | 132 705 948 | 109 264 152 |
demographic dependency | 20.9 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 27.7 | 29.1 | 30.3 | 31.5 | 32.8 | 33.6 | ||
number of employed foreigners | 254 | 380 | 588 | 760 | 1093 | 1266 | 1207 | 1665 | 1932 | 2202 | 2349 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 4017 | 3007 | 2039 | 884 | 803 | 1136 | 1074 | 870 | 842 | 762 | 749 |
25 to 39 years | 7974 | 6219 | 5136 | 2663 | 2427 | 3173 | 3148 | 2628 | 2414 | 2260 | 2185 |
40 to 54 years | 7241 | 5901 | 4922 | 2834 | 2464 | 3133 | 3295 | 2835 | 2592 | 2397 | 2385 |
55 years and more | 2911 | 2710 | 2495 | 1688 | 1520 | 1852 | 1988 | 1719 | 1526 | 1314 | 1295 |
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 upper Hron river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/upper-hron-river

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