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Banská Bystrica Region
consists of counties:
- Brezno
- Žiar nad Hronom
- Rimavská Sobota
- Lučenec
- Zvolen
- Poltár
- Veľký Krtíš
- Banská Štiavnica
- Banská Bystrica
- 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 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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![]() Banská Bystrica | 74 065 47 136 | 1 536 801 388 | 3.3 % 3.3 % 0.8 % |
![]() Zvolen | 39 453 25 917 | 847 450 265 | 3.3 % 3.4 % 1 % |
![]() Lučenec | 25 018 16 383 | 838 431 374 | 5.1 % 5.1 % 2.3 % |
![]() Rimavská Sobota | 21 341 14 072 | 1 042 506 517 | 7.4 % 7.1 % 3.7 % |
![]() Brezno | 19 790 12 753 | 565 322 204 | 4.4 % 5 % 1.6 % |
![]() Žiar nad Hronom | 16 879 11 017 | 481 273 158 | 4.4 % 5 % 1.4 % |
![]() Detva | 13 629 8 936 | 378 206 140 | 4.2 % 4.7 % 1.6 % |
![]() Revúca | 10 958 7 194 | 522 282 266 | 7.3 % 7.9 % 3.7 % |
![]() Veľký Krtíš | 10 457 7 054 | 270 131 91 | 3.8 % 3.7 % 1.3 % |
![]() Fiľakovo | 9 683 6 514 | 615 331 287 | 9.4 % 10 % 4.4 % |
![]() Banská Štiavnica | 9 339 6 191 | 339 154 140 | 5.5 % 5 % 2.3 % |
![]() Krupina | 7 510 4 976 | 214 104 60 | 4.3 % 4.2 % 1.2 % |
![]() Hriňová | 7 023 4 590 | 216 126 86 | 4.7 % 5.6 % 1.9 % |
![]() Nová Baňa | 6 858 4 444 | 191 108 75 | 4.3 % 4.8 % 1.7 % |
![]() 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 % |
![]() Žarnovica | 5 669 3 731 | 223 117 82 | 6 % 6.2 % 2.2 % |
![]() Poltár | 5 170 3 444 | 301 150 150 | 8.7 % 8.8 % 4.4 % |
![]() Kremnica | 4 755 2 986 | 122 57 33 | 4.1 % 3.9 % 1.1 % |
![]() Sliač | 4 761 3 111 | 91 47 34 | 2.9 % 3 % 1.1 % |
![]() 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 % |
![]() Modrý Kameň | 1 659 1 104 | 65 36 26 | 5.9 % 6.8 % 2.4 % |
![]() Dudince | 1 376 883 | 28 14 6 | 3.2 % 3.1 % 0.7 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Čierny Balog (5011), Podbrezová (3572), Valaská (3414), Slovenská Ľupča (3257), Klenovec (3013), Polomka (2900), Zvolenská Slatina (2791), Kokava nad Rimavicou (2756), Hliník nad Hronom (2703), Očová (2522), Heľpa (2428), Jesenské (2336), Pliešovce (2241), Kalinovo (2229), Rimavská Seč (2189), Závadka nad Hronom (2152), Brusno (2144), Selce (2139), Pohorelá (2121), Hodruša-Hámre (2043), Badín (2035), Cinobaňa (2032), Divín (2020).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
492 | 190 | 94 | 120 | 50 | 38 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 38 946 | 37 354 | 30 498 | 19 664 | 17 651 | 20 033 | 20 928 | 18 672 | 18 175 | 17 708 | 17 554 |
number of long-term unemployed | 24 906 | 26 034 | 19 483 | 10 646 | 9190 | 9607 | 11 647 | 10 987 | 10 267 | 10 204 | 10 072 |
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 | 19 127 |
number of activational workers | 14 364 | 13 390 | 10 432 | 5760 | 5352 | 5369 | 4963 | 5371 | 1904 | 3300 | 3391 |
unemployment rate | 20.6 | 20 | 16.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
long-term unemployment rate | 13.2 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
vacancies | 149 | 286 | 743 | 883 | 1176 | 1081 | 1013 | 1073 | 752 | 812 | 685 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of inhabitants | 267 524 | 266 258 | 264 594 | 262 824 | 261 587 | 260 554 | 250 421 | 249 115 | 247 636 | 247 636 | 247 636 |
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 |
demographic dependency | 20.0 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 29.0 | ||
number of employed foreigners | 89 | 364 | 603 | 898 | 994 | 806 | 1337 | 1840 | 2051 | 2077 | 1979 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 8096 | 6077 | 4119 | 2147 | 1948 | 2435 | 2520 | 2176 | 2194 | 2220 | 2216 |
25 to 39 years | 16 705 | 13 758 | 10 922 | 6512 | 5814 | 6687 | 6834 | 6108 | 5845 | 5628 | 5552 |
40 to 54 years | 15 110 | 12 925 | 11 046 | 7304 | 6510 | 7226 | 7548 | 6760 | 6623 | 6506 | 6481 |
55 years and more | 4708 | 4594 | 4411 | 3701 | 3379 | 3684 | 4026 | 3628 | 3513 | 3354 | 3305 |
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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