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Banská Bystrica Region
consists of counties:
- Brezno
- Žiar nad Hronom
- Rimavská Sobota
- Lučenec
- Zvolen
- Poltár
- Veľký Krtíš
- Banská Štiavnica
- Banská Bystrica
- Detva
- Krupina
- Žarnovica
- Revúca

Towns
Region Banská Bystrica Region contains cities Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica, Brezno, Detva, Dudince, Fiľakovo, Hnúšťa, Hriňová, Jelšava, Kremnica, Krupina, Lučenec, Modrý Kameň, Nová Baňa, Poltár, Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Sliač, Tisovec, Tornaľa, Veľký Krtíš, Žarnovica, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen and 492 villages. More on oma.sk. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2025-05-01, 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 |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Banská Bystrica | 73 533 46 551 | 1 548 811 370 | 3.3 % 3.4 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 39 175 25 601 | 858 447 244 | 3.4 % 3.5 % 1 % |
![]() Lučenec | 24 661 16 057 | 793 416 353 | 4.9 % 5 % 2.2 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 175 13 859 | 1 014 517 494 | 7.3 % 7.4 % 3.6 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 671 12 560 | 561 322 200 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.6 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 677 10 806 | 481 266 144 | 4.5 % 5 % 1.3 % |
![]() Detva | 13 523 8 810 | 385 214 140 | 4.4 % 4.9 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 874 7 100 | 563 295 265 | 7.9 % 8.4 % 3.7 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 274 6 896 | 261 139 94 | 3.8 % 4 % 1.4 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 623 6 447 | 642 336 313 | 10 % 10.3 % 4.9 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 293 6 115 | 322 153 137 | 5.3 % 5 % 2.2 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 524 4 924 | 212 99 64 | 4.3 % 4.1 % 1.3 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 931 4 527 | 216 121 88 | 4.8 % 5.5 % 1.9 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 841 4 399 | 186 105 72 | 4.2 % 4.8 % 1.6 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 702 4 461 | 594 328 370 | 13.3 % 15 % 8.3 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 436 4 299 | 428 215 223 | 10 % 10.1 % 5.2 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 576 3 634 | 213 117 78 | 5.9 % 6.4 % 2.1 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 123 3 388 | 291 157 142 | 8.6 % 9.4 % 4.2 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 664 2 926 | 116 55 28 | 4 % 3.8 % 1 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 788 3 110 | 89 48 28 | 2.9 % 3.1 % 0.9 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 587 2 334 | 224 122 97 | 9.6 % 10.8 % 4.2 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 177 2 163 | 312 176 204 | 14.4 % 17.3 % 9.4 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 630 1 080 | 67 37 28 | 6.2 % 7.1 % 2.6 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 362 872 | 19 11 2 | 2.2 % 2.5 % 0.2 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Čierny Balog (5011), Podbrezová (3572), Valaská (3414), Slovenská Ľupča (3257), Klenovec (3013), Polomka (2900), Zvolenská Slatina (2791), Kokava nad Rimavicou (2756), Hliník nad Hronom (2703), Očová (2522), Heľpa (2428), Jesenské (2336), Pliešovce (2241), Kalinovo (2229), Rimavská Seč (2189), Závadka nad Hronom (2152), Brusno (2144), Selce (2139), Pohorelá (2121), Hodruša-Hámre (2043), Badín (2035), Cinobaňa (2032), Divín (2020).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
492 | 190 | 94 | 120 | 50 | 38 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 38 946 | 37 354 | 30 498 | 19 664 | 17 651 | 20 033 | 20 928 | 18 672 | 18 175 | 17 708 | 17 358 |
number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 10 021 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 46 914 | 44 364 | 33 941 | 25 150 | 22 730 | 22 005 | 20 362 | 20 386 | 19 848 | 19 501 | 19 350 |
number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 3139 |
unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
long-term unemployment rate | 13.2 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
vacancies | 149 | 286 | 743 | 883 | 1176 | 1081 | 1013 | 1073 | 752 | 812 | 761 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 267 524 | 266 258 | 264 594 | 262 824 | 261 587 | 260 554 | 250 421 | 249 115 | 247 636 | 246 487 | 246 487 |
assignation tax | 53 579 988 | 57 808 732 | 68 973 162 | 83 018 793 | 93 432 682 | 95 817 942 | 91 712 554 | 101 328 752 | 111 304 908 | 111 109 345 | 92 286 536 |
demographic dependency | 20.0 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.0 | ||
number of employed foreigners | 89 | 364 | 603 | 898 | 994 | 806 | 1337 | 1840 | 2051 | 2077 | 2046 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 8096 | 6077 | 4119 | 2147 | 1948 | 2435 | 2520 | 2176 | 2194 | 2220 | 2214 |
25 to 39 years | 16 705 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5502 |
40 to 54 years | 15 110 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6422 |
55 years and more | 4708 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3285 |
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

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