Economy, jobs and prices in Bratislavský kraj (Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia): official figures
GDP per person was 61,000 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 153% of the EU average (75% for Slovakia); the highest of 8 regions in Slovakia.
How big is the economy of Bratislavský kraj?
The local economy produced €36.5 billion of output (GDP) in 2024.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people work in Bratislavský kraj?
About 478,030 people worked in Bratislavský kraj in 2024 (employment by place of work).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in Bratislava Region?
The registered unemployment rate in the Bratislava Region was 3.40% in September 2026, 1.82 percentage points below the national rate of 5.22%, and the lowest among Slovakia's eight kraje.
Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copyHow many unemployed people are there in Bratislava Region?
Labour offices in the Bratislava Region had 14,443 registered jobseekers at the end of September 2026, 8.5% of all jobseekers in Slovakia; counting every registered jobseeker rather than only those available for work, the unemployment rate was 3.56%.
Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copyHow many job vacancies are there in Bratislava Region?
Employers had reported 63,809 job vacancies in the Bratislava Region by the end of September 2026, or 0.2 registered jobseekers per vacancy, the tightest labour market of the eight kraje (Slovakia: 1.2).
Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copyWhich district in Bratislava Region has the highest unemployment?
Of the 8 districts (okresy) in the Bratislava Region, Bratislava IV had the highest share of available jobseekers in September 2026 at 2.99% (57th of Slovakia's 79 districts) and Bratislava I the lowest at 2.38% (77th).
Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copyWhat is the main industry in Bratislavský kraj?
The largest part of the economy of Bratislavský kraj in 2024 was finance, property and business services, at 33.9% of gross value added, followed by trade, transport, hospitality and communications (27.4%).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow industrial is Bratislavský kraj?
Factories, mines and energy produced 13.6% of the value added in Bratislavský kraj in 2024, against 23.4% for Slovakia.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow fast is the economy of Bratislavský kraj growing?
Gross value added rose from €20.9 billion in 2015 to €33.0 billion in 2024 in current prices, an increase of 58% before inflation.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyAre jobs growing in Bratislavský kraj?
The number of people working in Bratislavský kraj rose by 9.4% between 2015 and 2024, to 478,030.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- Available jobseekers made up 2.75% of the 501,793 working-age residents (15 to 64) of the Bratislava Region in September 2026, against 4.02% nationally. Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copy
- In September 2026, 2,540 people signed on as jobseekers in the Bratislava Region and 2,787 left the register, 79% of the leavers because they found work. Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copy
- Women accounted for 55.6% of registered jobseekers in the Bratislava Region in September 2026 (national share 54.9%), and people under 25 for 13.2%. Source: Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny, ÚPSVaR) · saved copy
How Bratislavský kraj compares with other regions in Slovakia
Registered unemployment rate (ÚPSVaR), % (2026-09)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 8 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Registered unemployment rate (ÚPSVaR), % |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Banskobystrický kraj | 6.94% |
| 3 | Košický kraj | 6.77% |
| 4 | Žilinský kraj | 4.29% |
| 5 | Nitriansky kraj | 4.19% |
| 6 | Trenčiansky kraj | 3.88% |
| 7 | Trnavský kraj | 3.75% |
| 8 | Bratislavský kraj | 3.40% |
Available jobseekers as % of working-age population (PDU) (2026-09)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 8 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Available jobseekers as % of working-age population (PDU) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Banskobystrický kraj | 5.46% |
| 3 | Košický kraj | 4.85% |
| 4 | Žilinský kraj | 3.43% |
| 5 | Nitriansky kraj | 3.20% |
| 6 | Trenčiansky kraj | 3.05% |
| 7 | Trnavský kraj | 2.93% |
| 8 | Bratislavský kraj | 2.75% |
Registered jobseekers per reported job vacancy (2026-09)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 8 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Registered jobseekers per reported job vacancy |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Banskobystrický kraj | 6.2 |
| 3 | Košický kraj | 5.6 |
| 4 | Žilinský kraj | 1.7 |
| 5 | Trenčiansky kraj | 1.0 |
| 6 | Nitriansky kraj | 0.8 |
| 7 | Trnavský kraj | 0.6 |
| 8 | Bratislavský kraj | 0.2 |
Reported job vacancies per 1,000 working-age residents (2026-09)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 1 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Reported job vacancies per 1,000 working-age residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bratislavský kraj | 127.2 |
| 2 | Trnavský kraj | 49.2 |
| 3 | Nitriansky kraj | 46.0 |
| 4 | Trenčiansky kraj | 32.5 |
| 5 | Žilinský kraj | 22.4 |
| 6 | Banskobystrický kraj | 11.0 |
| 7 | Košický kraj | 10.9 |
Share of output from industry (manufacturing, mining and energy) (2024)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 8 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Share of output from industry (manufacturing, mining and energy) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Trnavský kraj | 35.2% |
| 3 | Trenčiansky kraj | 27.8% |
| 4 | Žilinský kraj | 23.5% |
| 5 | Banskobystrický kraj | 22.3% |
| 6 | Košický kraj | 21.4% |
| 7 | Prešovský kraj | 21.2% |
| 8 | Bratislavský kraj | 13.6% |
Share of output from finance, property and business services (2024)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 1 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Share of output from finance, property and business services |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bratislavský kraj | 33.9% |
| 2 | Košický kraj | 23.0% |
| 3 | Žilinský kraj | 23.0% |
| 4 | Banskobystrický kraj | 18.8% |
| 5 | Trnavský kraj | 18.4% |
| 6 | Prešovský kraj | 17.9% |
| 7 | Nitriansky kraj | 16.4% |
Share of output from public administration, education, health and other services (2024)
Bratislavský kraj ranks 4 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Share of output from public administration, education, health and other services |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trenčiansky kraj | 25.4% |
| 2 | Banskobystrický kraj | 21.4% |
| 3 | Prešovský kraj | 20.9% |
| 4 | Bratislavský kraj | 19.3% |
| 5 | Trnavský kraj | 18.7% |
| 6 | Žilinský kraj | 18.0% |
| 7 | Košický kraj | 16.5% |
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Sources
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP per person, PPS (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3bf0fc662f56…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP, million euros (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 096e15e5fdb3…)
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