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Region upper Zemplín
consists of counties:

Towns
Region upper Zemplín contains cities Bardejov, Giraltovce, Hanušovce nad Topľou, Humenné, Medzilaborce, Snina, Stropkov, Svidník, Vranov nad Topľou and 375 villages.
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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![]() Humenné | 30 925 21 209 | 1 106 595 493 | 5.2 % 5.6 % 2.3 % |
![]() Bardejov | 30 579 20 760 | 1 379 717 548 | 6.6 % 7.1 % 2.6 % |
![]() Vranov nad Topľou | 20 955 14 425 | 1 036 585 482 | 7.2 % 8.1 % 3.3 % |
![]() Snina | 18 465 13 086 | 815 480 373 | 6.2 % 7.3 % 2.9 % |
![]() Svidník | 10 072 6 929 | 436 243 196 | 6.3 % 7 % 2.8 % |
![]() Stropkov | 9 952 6 829 | 644 340 374 | 9.4 % 10.3 % 5.5 % |
![]() Medzilaborce | 5 872 4 004 | 453 231 240 | 11.3 % 11.7 % 6 % |
![]() Giraltovce | 3 974 2 773 | 243 150 136 | 8.8 % 11.1 % 4.9 % |
![]() Hanušovce nad Topľou | 3 752 2 501 | 280 163 155 | 11.2 % 12.9 % 6.2 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Zborov (3551), Belá nad Cirochou (3339), Zámutov (3301), Vechec (2884), Raslavice (2762), Bystré (2754), Čaklov (2698), Sečovská Polianka (2663), Soľ (2610), Sačurov (2520), Stakčín (2374), Kamenica nad Cirochou (2273).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
375 | 188 | 67 | 83 | 19 | 18 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 36 531 | 35 400 | 30 856 | 19 966 | 18 813 | 21 080 | 21 909 | 19 460 | 18 830 |
number of long-term unemployed | 19 735 | 21 701 | 17 531 | 9622 | 8250 | 8928 | 11 056 | 10 167 | 9481 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 35 946 | 34 012 | 24 556 | 18 178 | 16 524 | 16 025 | 14 250 | 14 954 | 14 912 |
number of activational workers | 7275 | 7561 | 5314 | 3276 | 2991 | 2756 | 2646 | 2741 | 1302 |
unemployment rate | 15.7 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
long-term unemployment rate | 8.5 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 326 202 | 325 396 | 323 637 | 322 187 | 321 215 | 320 211 | 311 168 | 309 929 | 309 929 |
assignation tax | 73 990 675 | 75 592 119 | 90 359 753 | 107 879 884 | 121 616 154 | 124 795 150 | 119 600 239 | 132 492 079 | 146 027 086 |
demographic dependency | 18.7 | 19.9 | 21.5 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 26.0 | 27.1 | 26.9 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 9025 | 6818 | 5364 | 3074 | 2986 | 3323 | 3339 | 2901 | 2722 |
25 to 39 years | 15 836 | 13 236 | 11 487 | 7128 | 6650 | 7417 | 7561 | 6704 | 6440 |
40 to 54 years | 13 436 | 11 543 | 10 223 | 6683 | 6200 | 6929 | 7235 | 6547 | 6476 |
55 years and more | 3773 | 3803 | 3782 | 3080 | 2977 | 3411 | 3774 | 3308 | 3274 |
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 Zemplín, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/upper-zemplin

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