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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 2025-09-01, 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 | 1 616 843 367 | 3.5 % 3.5 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 39 175 25 601 | 873 475 230 | 3.4 % 3.7 % 0.9 % |
![]() Lučenec | 24 661 16 057 | 804 425 345 | 5 % 5.1 % 2.1 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 175 13 859 | 967 510 488 | 7 % 7.3 % 3.5 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 671 12 560 | 543 304 197 | 4.3 % 4.8 % 1.6 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 677 10 806 | 488 272 148 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.4 % |
![]() Detva | 13 523 8 810 | 397 221 143 | 4.5 % 5.1 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 874 7 100 | 532 272 244 | 7.5 % 7.7 % 3.4 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 274 6 896 | 265 152 85 | 3.8 % 4.4 % 1.2 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 623 6 447 | 587 328 317 | 9.1 % 10.1 % 4.9 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 293 6 115 | 325 159 138 | 5.3 % 5.2 % 2.3 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 524 4 924 | 238 126 65 | 4.8 % 5.2 % 1.3 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 931 4 527 | 221 114 84 | 4.9 % 5.2 % 1.9 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 841 4 399 | 206 114 81 | 4.7 % 5.2 % 1.8 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 702 4 461 | 572 310 397 | 12.8 % 14.2 % 8.9 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 436 4 299 | 387 196 200 | 9 % 9.2 % 4.7 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 576 3 634 | 188 114 81 | 5.2 % 6.3 % 2.2 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 123 3 388 | 269 150 138 | 7.9 % 8.9 % 4.1 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 664 2 926 | 116 58 35 | 4 % 4 % 1.2 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 788 3 110 | 97 57 27 | 3.1 % 3.7 % 0.9 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 587 2 334 | 218 128 102 | 9.3 % 11.3 % 4.4 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 177 2 163 | 277 160 190 | 12.8 % 15.7 % 8.8 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 630 1 080 | 93 42 29 | 8.6 % 8.1 % 2.7 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 362 872 | 23 11 5 | 2.6 % 2.5 % 0.6 % |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 17 168 |
| number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 9946 |
| 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 | 19 223 |
| number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 3234 |
| unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 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 | 773 |
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 | 1739 |
Number of unemployed
| rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| less than 24 years | 8327 | 6077 | 4119 | 2147 | 1948 | 2435 | 2520 | 2176 | 2194 | 2220 | 2170 |
| 25 to 39 years | 17 078 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5453 |
| 40 to 54 years | 15 436 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6336 |
| 55 years and more | 4818 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3255 |
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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