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3R region
consists of counties:

This region includes three counties with name starting with letter R. Apart from other, it is characterized by very high unemployment.
Towns
Region 3R contains cities Dobšiná, Hnúšťa, Jelšava, Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava, Tisovec, Tornaľa and 203 villages. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2025-01-01, for population are fore yar 2023.
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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![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 341 14 072 | 1 042 506 517 | 7.4 % 7.1 % 3.7 % |
![]() Rožňava | 16 932 11 034 | 741 373 334 | 6.7 % 6.6 % 3 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 958 7 194 | 522 282 266 | 7.3 % 7.9 % 3.7 % |
![]() Tornaľa | 6 741 4 474 | 598 328 375 | 13.4 % 14.9 % 8.4 % |
![]() Hnúšťa | 6 504 4 360 | 453 223 209 | 10.4 % 10.3 % 4.8 % |
![]() Dobšiná | 5 154 3 153 | 396 189 201 | 12.6 % 12.4 % 6.4 % |
![]() Tisovec | 3 632 2 361 | 237 132 103 | 10 % 11.6 % 4.4 % |
![]() Jelšava | 3 160 2 153 | 320 185 210 | 14.9 % 18.3 % 9.8 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Klenovec (3013), Krásnohorské Podhradie (2810), Jesenské (2336), Plešivec (2214), Rimavská Seč (2189).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
203 | 89 | 41 | 51 | 13 | 9 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 30 945 | 29 604 | 24 918 | 17 091 | 15 513 | 16 849 | 17 608 | 16 120 | 15 579 | 15 370 | 15 075 |
number of long-term unemployed | 21 450 | 21 626 | 16 612 | 9772 | 8592 | 8897 | 10 628 | 10 043 | 9438 | 9338 | 9255 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 39 958 | 38 008 | 29 573 | 22 623 | 20 752 | 20 055 | 18 566 | 18 707 | 18 514 | 18 310 | 17 913 |
number of activational workers | 13 554 | 12 334 | 9374 | 5514 | 5255 | 5348 | 4673 | 5247 | 1939 | 3076 | 3143 |
unemployment rate | 23.4 | 22.6 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13 |
long-term unemployment rate | 16.2 | 16.5 | 12.9 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
vacancies | 102 | 213 | 613 | 806 | 930 | 900 | 713 | 722 | 504 | 582 | 443 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 188 342 | 187 834 | 187 085 | 186 292 | 185 716 | 185 246 | 177 596 | 176 669 | 175 893 | 175 893 | 175 893 |
assignation tax | 38 616 257 | 41 422 996 | 49 701 406 | 59 797 130 | 67 291 351 | 69 278 573 | 66 253 807 | 73 462 369 | 80 656 094 | 80 704 929 | 66 197 936 |
demographic dependency | 18.8 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 27.2 | 27.8 | ||
number of employed foreigners | 65.1 | 271 | 508 | 774 | 942 | 835 | 1343 | 1769 | 1950 | 1966 | 1815 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 6294 | 4710 | 3366 | 1914 | 1746 | 2066 | 2117 | 1958 | 1875 | 1922 | 1851 |
25 to 39 years | 13 566 | 11 134 | 9184 | 5857 | 5228 | 5640 | 5789 | 5302 | 5095 | 4987 | 4855 |
40 to 54 years | 11 769 | 10 128 | 8834 | 6231 | 5664 | 6024 | 6289 | 5788 | 5680 | 5617 | 5593 |
55 years and more | 3787 | 3632 | 3534 | 3089 | 2874 | 3118 | 3413 | 3071 | 2929 | 2844 | 2776 |
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

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - 3R region, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/juhoslovenska-kotlina/3r

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