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Banská Bystrica Region
consists of counties:
- Brezno
- Lučenec
- Poltár
- Rimavská Sobota
- Veľký Krtíš
- Zvolen
- Žiar nad Hronom
- Banská Bystrica
- Banská Štiavnica
- 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 2026-01-01, 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 | 1 679 858 382 | 3.6 % 3.6 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 39 175 25 601 | 918 471 229 | 3.6 % 3.6 % 0.9 % |
![]() Lučenec | 24 661 16 057 | 885 439 323 | 5.5 % 5.3 % 2 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 175 13 859 | 1 031 532 468 | 7.4 % 7.6 % 3.4 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 671 12 560 | 539 326 190 | 4.3 % 5.1 % 1.5 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 677 10 806 | 504 267 148 | 4.7 % 5 % 1.4 % |
![]() Detva | 13 523 8 810 | 431 245 139 | 4.9 % 5.7 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 874 7 100 | 545 262 244 | 7.7 % 7.4 % 3.4 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 274 6 896 | 296 166 83 | 4.3 % 4.8 % 1.2 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 623 6 447 | 587 319 315 | 9.1 % 9.8 % 4.9 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 293 6 115 | 352 183 131 | 5.8 % 6 % 2.1 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 524 4 924 | 238 124 69 | 4.8 % 5.1 % 1.4 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 931 4 527 | 254 131 79 | 5.6 % 5.9 % 1.7 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 841 4 399 | 222 137 78 | 5 % 6.2 % 1.8 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 702 4 461 | 601 326 402 | 13.5 % 14.9 % 9 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 436 4 299 | 421 213 202 | 9.8 % 10 % 4.7 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 576 3 634 | 231 126 85 | 6.4 % 6.9 % 2.3 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 123 3 388 | 296 158 142 | 8.7 % 9.4 % 4.2 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 788 3 110 | 112 62 21 | 3.6 % 4 % 0.7 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 664 2 926 | 130 65 45 | 4.4 % 4.5 % 1.5 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 587 2 334 | 230 131 110 | 9.9 % 11.6 % 4.7 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 177 2 163 | 300 164 182 | 13.9 % 16.1 % 8.4 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 630 1 080 | 97 45 27 | 9 % 8.7 % 2.5 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 362 872 | 32 18 5 | 3.7 % 4.1 % 0.6 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Čierny Balog (4916), Podbrezová (3470), Valaská (3336), Slovenská Ľupča (3261), Klenovec (2952), Polomka (2859), Zvolenská Slatina (2795), Kokava nad Rimavicou (2703), Hliník nad Hronom (2640), Očová (2451), Heľpa (2393), Jesenské (2351), Pliešovce (2262), Kalinovo (2253), Rimavská Seč (2219), Badín (2152), Brusno (2122), Selce (2100), Závadka nad Hronom (2099), Pohorelá (2054), Divín (2012).
| villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
| 492 | 189 | 96 | 120 | 49 | 38 | |
Unemployment
| rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of unemployed | 38 946 | 37 354 | 30 498 | 19 664 | 17 651 | 20 033 | 20 928 | 18 672 | 18 175 | 17 708 | 17 158 | 17 661 |
| number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 9869 | 9738 |
| 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 | 19 130 | 19 161 |
| number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 3271 | 3283 |
| unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| vacancies | 149 | 286 | 743 | 883 | 1176 | 1081 | 1013 | 1073 | 752 | 812 | 729 | 557 |
Demographics
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 99 294 585 |
| demographic dependency | 20.0 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.0 | 29.7 | ||
| number of employed foreigners | 89 | 364 | 603 | 898 | 994 | 806 | 1337 | 1840 | 2051 | 2077 | 1611 | 1189 |
Number of unemployed
| rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| less than 24 years | 8327 | 6077 | 4119 | 2147 | 1948 | 2435 | 2520 | 2176 | 2194 | 2220 | 2234 | |
| 25 to 39 years | 17 078 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5389 | |
| 40 to 54 years | 15 436 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6306 | |
| 55 years and more | 4818 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3229 |
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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