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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 2026-02-01, for population are fore yar 2025.
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 | 73 054 45 970 | 1 660 832 372 | 3.6 % 3.5 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 38 747 25 197 | 913 472 227 | 3.6 % 3.7 % 0.9 % |
![]() Lučenec | 24 427 15 792 | 878 440 327 | 5.6 % 5.4 % 2.1 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 20 964 13 647 | 1 002 512 472 | 7.3 % 7.4 % 3.5 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 577 12 401 | 566 330 193 | 4.6 % 5.3 % 1.6 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 433 10 602 | 487 258 148 | 4.6 % 4.9 % 1.4 % |
![]() Detva | 13 416 8 688 | 433 239 138 | 5 % 5.6 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 778 6 990 | 528 247 238 | 7.6 % 7.1 % 3.4 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 049 6 677 | 284 164 83 | 4.3 % 4.9 % 1.2 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 530 6 389 | 575 310 310 | 9 % 9.6 % 4.9 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 208 6 033 | 362 183 131 | 6 % 6.1 % 2.2 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 496 4 869 | 224 112 59 | 4.6 % 4.6 % 1.2 % |
![]() Hriňová | 6 867 4 453 | 250 132 78 | 5.6 % 6.1 % 1.8 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 799 4 323 | 225 131 76 | 5.2 % 6.1 % 1.8 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 646 4 393 | 617 330 400 | 14 % 15.4 % 9.1 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 386 4 253 | 410 206 204 | 9.6 % 9.8 % 4.8 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 509 3 568 | 224 121 81 | 6.3 % 6.8 % 2.3 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 080 3 350 | 289 155 139 | 8.6 % 9.3 % 4.1 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 806 3 098 | 99 54 19 | 3.2 % 3.5 % 0.6 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 586 2 875 | 123 54 44 | 4.3 % 3.9 % 1.5 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 533 2 289 | 226 128 116 | 9.9 % 11.4 % 5.1 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 178 2 168 | 306 167 179 | 14.1 % 16.3 % 8.3 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 634 1 081 | 92 42 25 | 8.5 % 8.1 % 2.3 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 377 877 | 30 17 5 | 3.4 % 3.8 % 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 | 17 626 |
| number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 9869 | 9740 |
| 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 | 19 232 |
| number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 3271 | 1642 |
| unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
| 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 | 568 |
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 | 245 195 | 245 195 |
| 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 | 21.3 | 23 | 25 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 30.1 | 31.1 | |
| number of employed foreigners | 89 | 364 | 603 | 898 | 994 | 806 | 1337 | 1840 | 2051 | 2077 | 1611 | 1182 |
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 | 2403 |
| 25 to 39 years | 17 078 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5389 | 5405 |
| 40 to 54 years | 15 436 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6306 | 6556 |
| 55 years and more | 4818 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3229 | 3297 |
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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