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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. Viac aj na oma.sk.
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 | 75 317 49 025 | 1 738 895 499 | 3.5 % 3.5 % 1 % |
![]() Zvolen | 40 239 26 832 | 962 520 333 | 3.6 % 3.8 % 1.2 % |
![]() Lučenec | 25 614 17 074 | 940 484 398 | 5.5 % 5.5 % 2.3 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 842 14 664 | 1 059 533 530 | 7.2 % 7.2 % 3.6 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 956 13 166 | 631 368 267 | 4.8 % 5.5 % 2 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 17 246 11 498 | 525 286 148 | 4.6 % 5 % 1.3 % |
![]() Detva | 13 847 9 235 | 490 268 178 | 5.3 % 5.9 % 1.9 % |
![]() Revúca | 11 273 7 557 | 580 321 297 | 7.7 % 8.5 % 3.9 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 866 7 491 | 282 142 85 | 3.8 % 3.8 % 1.1 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 861 6 663 | 572 353 283 | 8.6 % 10.5 % 4.2 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 478 6 386 | 326 184 126 | 5.1 % 5.8 % 2 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 527 5 082 | 228 127 79 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.6 % |
![]() Hriňová | 7 095 4 767 | 222 134 101 | 4.7 % 5.8 % 2.1 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 983 4 598 | 236 135 74 | 5.1 % 5.9 % 1.6 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 887 4 664 | 585 346 342 | 12.5 % 15.1 % 7.3 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 714 4 541 | 428 213 194 | 9.4 % 9.5 % 4.3 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 786 3 904 | 233 134 100 | 6 % 6.8 % 2.6 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 235 3 536 | 287 143 139 | 8.1 % 8.1 % 3.9 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 870 3 129 | 153 74 41 | 4.9 % 4.8 % 1.3 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 828 3 196 | 110 62 40 | 3.4 % 3.9 % 1.3 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 693 2 424 | 198 104 86 | 8.2 % 8.7 % 3.5 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 171 2 151 | 310 198 214 | 14.4 % 19.4 % 9.9 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 632 1 101 | 72 35 23 | 6.5 % 6.8 % 2.1 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 365 894 | 23 9 8 | 2.6 % 2 % 0.9 % |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 38 946 | 37 354 | 30 498 | 19 664 | 17 651 | 20 033 | 20 928 | 18 672 | 18 313 |
number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 305 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 46 914 | 44 364 | 33 941 | 25 150 | 22 730 | 22 005 | 20 362 | 20 386 | 19 991 |
number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 2812 |
unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11 |
long-term unemployment rate | 13.2 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 267 524 | 266 258 | 264 594 | 262 824 | 261 587 | 260 554 | 250 421 | 249 115 | 249 115 |
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 |
demographic dependency | 20.0 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.0 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 8096 | 6077 | 4119 | 2147 | 1948 | 2435 | 2520 | 2176 | 2179 |
25 to 39 years | 16 705 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5973 |
40 to 54 years | 15 110 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6701 |
55 years and more | 4708 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3537 |
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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