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Region lower Nitra river
consists of counties:

Towns
Region lower Nitra river contains cities Dudince, Krupina, Levice, Nitra, Šahy, Tlmače, Vráble, Želiezovce, Zlaté Moravce and 211 villages. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2024-12-01, 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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![]() Nitra | 76 499 48 961 | 1 095 592 148 | 2.2 % 2.4 % 0.3 % |
![]() Levice | 30 823 20 389 | 611 369 174 | 3 % 3.6 % 0.9 % |
![]() Zlaté Moravce | 11 803 7 487 | 197 112 42 | 2.6 % 3 % 0.6 % |
![]() Vráble | 8 323 5 532 | 153 87 29 | 2.8 % 3.1 % 0.5 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 510 4 976 | 209 104 63 | 4.2 % 4.2 % 1.3 % |
![]() Šahy | 6 992 4 646 | 200 108 48 | 4.3 % 4.7 % 1 % |
![]() Želiezovce | 6 588 4 351 | 144 97 49 | 3.3 % 4.4 % 1.1 % |
![]() Tlmače | 3 542 2 255 | 59 34 12 | 2.6 % 3.1 % 0.5 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 376 883 | 29 15 4 | 3.3 % 3.3 % 0.5 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Cabaj-Čápor (4342), Veľké Zálužie (4315), Lužianky (3101), Ivanka pri Nitre (2939), Mojmírovce (2938), Tekovské Lužany (2814), Topoľčianky (2676), Lehota (2384), Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce (2302), Zbehy (2229), Branč (2190), Výčapy-Opatovce (2158), Kozárovce (2088), Kalná nad Hronom (2083), Jelenec (2081), Rišňovce (2071), Vinodol (2060), Jarok (2060).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
211 | 48 | 33 | 63 | 37 | 30 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 23 429 | 21 418 | 15 165 | 7928 | 6540 | 8986 | 9235 | 7490 | 6882 | 6650 |
number of long-term unemployed | 10 624 | 10 344 | 7038 | 2581 | 1668 | 1784 | 2728 | 2300 | 1826 | 1684 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 20 332 | 17 411 | 11 226 | 7007 | 5796 | 5238 | 4908 | 5344 | 5318 | 5054 |
number of activational workers | 2373 | 2510 | 1651 | 596 | 365 | 331 | 350 | 343 | 107 | 212 |
unemployment rate | 9.6 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 |
long-term unemployment rate | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
vacancies | 217 | 429 | 1786 | 5516 | 8336 | 9249 | 8338 | 8900 | 10 341 | 8757 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 338 431 | 337 515 | 336 331 | 335 424 | 334 853 | 333 958 | 336 415 | 335 800 | 335 335 | 335 335 |
assignation tax | 71 777 277 | 75 074 837 | 90 044 509 | 109 471 319 | 123 496 580 | 127 607 948 | 122 550 600 | 135 776 203 | 153 459 410 | 154 261 430 |
demographic dependency | 21.5 | 22.8 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 28.2 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 30.8 | 32.5 | |
number of employed foreigners | 545 | 847 | 1788 | 3916 | 6031 | 6902 | 6743 | 7800 | 9002 | 9282 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 5014 | 3524 | 1963 | 906 | 764 | 1144 | 1073 | 829 | 806 | 820 |
25 to 39 years | 9672 | 7565 | 5208 | 2607 | 2201 | 3108 | 3026 | 2491 | 2219 | 2188 |
40 to 54 years | 8909 | 7324 | 5405 | 2808 | 2235 | 2987 | 3236 | 2643 | 2465 | 2382 |
55 years and more | 3250 | 3006 | 2590 | 1607 | 1340 | 1747 | 1899 | 1526 | 1392 | 1260 |
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 - Region lower Nitra river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/lower-nitra-river

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