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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 2025-03-01, 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 % |
![]() Lučenec | 24 661 16 057 | 810 422 363 | 5 % 5.1 % 2.3 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 175 13 859 | 1 038 522 515 | 7.5 % 7.4 % 3.7 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 671 12 560 | 566 321 203 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.6 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 677 10 806 | 473 259 151 | 4.4 % 4.8 % 1.4 % |
![]() Detva | 13 523 8 810 | 396 218 138 | 4.5 % 5 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 874 7 100 | 529 280 261 | 7.5 % 7.9 % 3.7 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 274 6 896 | 254 127 93 | 3.7 % 3.7 % 1.3 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 623 6 447 | 608 330 301 | 9.4 % 10.1 % 4.7 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 293 6 115 | 316 147 139 | 5.2 % 4.9 % 2.3 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 524 4 924 | 211 97 61 | 4.3 % 4 % 1.2 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 931 4 527 | 219 120 87 | 4.8 % 5.4 % 1.9 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 841 4 399 | 190 106 70 | 4.3 % 4.8 % 1.6 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 702 4 461 | 596 328 368 | 13.4 % 15 % 8.2 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 436 4 299 | 449 228 228 | 10.4 % 10.7 % 5.3 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 576 3 634 | 222 116 82 | 6.1 % 6.4 % 2.3 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 123 3 388 | 295 154 143 | 8.7 % 9.2 % 4.2 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 664 2 926 | 127 62 29 | 4.3 % 4.3 % 1 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 788 3 110 | 90 49 33 | 2.9 % 3.2 % 1.1 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 587 2 334 | 233 130 107 | 10 % 11.5 % 4.6 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 177 2 163 | 325 187 209 | 15 % 18.4 % 9.7 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 630 1 080 | 68 35 30 | 6.3 % 6.7 % 2.8 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 362 872 | 18 10 4 | 2.1 % 2.3 % 0.5 % |
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 | 17 501 |
number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 10 056 |
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 | 19 309 |
number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 2873 |
unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
long-term unemployment rate | 13.2 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
vacancies | 149 | 286 | 743 | 883 | 1176 | 1081 | 1013 | 1073 | 752 | 812 | 708 |
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 | 247 636 | 247 636 |
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 | 2031 |

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 | 2223 |
25 to 39 years | 16 705 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5527 |
40 to 54 years | 15 110 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6457 |
55 years and more | 4708 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3294 |
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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