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Western Slovakia – SK02
EU regions: Slovakia > Slovakia > Western Slovakia

Indicator | Period | Value |
---|---|---|
Life long learning | ||
life long learning participation | 2023 | 8 |
Part time jobs and flexible employment | ||
percentage of part time workers | 2023 | 3.69 |
percentage of part time workers, men | 2023 | 2.15 |
percentage of part time workers, women | 2023 | 5.46 |
Gender differences | ||
gender gap in employment rate | 2023 | 89.46 |
gender gap in unemployment rate | 2023 | 100 |
Graduates and young people | ||
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education | 2015 | 64.9 |
NEET | 2023 | 5.3 |
Gross domestic product | ||
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average | 2023 | 70 |
Employment | ||
employment rate | 2023 | 73.8 |
Social exclusion | ||
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion | 2020 | 10.2 |
More on wikipedia wikidata Q696333 on OpenStreetMap Western Slovakia slovensky: SK02
Subregions: Trnava Region, Trenčín Region, Nitra Region

Unemployment
Indicator | Period | Value |
---|---|---|
Unemployment | ||
unemployment rate | 2023 | 3.6 |
youth unemployment rate | 2020 | 13 |
Long term unemployment | ||
long term unemployment | 2023 | 1.8 |
share of long term unemployed | 2023 | 51.2 |
Unemployment according to labour offices | ||
number of registered unemployed | February 2025 | 37 167 |
number of unemployed women | February 2025 | 20 344 |
number of long-term unemployed | February 2025 | 7861 |
number of vacancies | February 2025 | 38 331 |
Comparison of unemployment according to ILO methodology and registered unemployment yields some differences.

Data on unemployment in counties of Western Slovakia are available at Local Administrative Units data of Visegrad countries.

Demographics

Indicator | Period | Value |
---|---|---|
Demographics | ||
number of inhabitants | 2024 | 1 802 517 |
population density | 2023 | 121.6 |
old-age dependency ratio | 2024 | 30.1 |

Employment by sectors, Western Slovakia
NACE r2 | % | NACE r2 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 21.9 | 2% | B-E | 283.4 | 32% |
F | 82.6 | 9% | G-I | 212.8 | 24% |
J | 19.7 | 2% | K | 21.4 | 2% |
M_N | 45.2 | 5% | O-Q | 178.9 | 20% |
R-U | 19.9 | 2% | TOTAL | 891.4 | 100% |
Data for the period year 2023. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

Other: Slovakia, Eastern Slovakia, Bratislava Region, Central Slovakia, Western Slovakia
Neighbours: Lower Austria, Jihovýchod, Northern Hungary, Central Transdanubia, Pest County, Western Transdanubia, Central Slovakia, Bratislava Region, Central Moravia
Subregions: Trnava Region, Trenčín Region, Nitra Region
Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Western Slovakia – SK02, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/SK02

Local Administrative Units data of Visegrad countries
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