Žilinský kraj: population, economy and official figures

Žilinský kraj is a region (kraj) in Stredné Slovensko, Slovakia. Žilinský kraj had 686,063 residents on 1 January 2025, 52.9% of Stredné Slovensko and 12.66% of Slovakia; 4th largest of 8 regions in Slovakia.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Žilinský kraj: GDP per person was 26,600 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 67% of the EU average (75% for Slovakia); 4th highest of 8 regions in Slovakia.
• Education in Žilinský kraj: 11.3% of jobseekers in the Žilina Region had at most basic (primary) education in September 2026, the 2nd lowest among the kraje; nationally the share was 29.1%.
• Poverty and living standards in Žilinský kraj: 4,590 jobseekers in the Žilina Region had been on the register for more than a year at the end of September 2026, 26.4% of the total and the 4th highest long-term share among the kraje (Slovakia: 37.1%).
• Government budget and revenue in Žilinský kraj: The Žilina Self-Governing Region owed €77.1 million at the end of 2025 under the debt definition of the territorial budget rules act, the 4th largest debt of the eight kraje and 12.5% of the €616.8 million owed by all of them.
• Government and politics in Žilinský kraj: Voters in the Žilina Region elect a regional council (zastupiteľstvo) of 56 members, the 3rd largest of the eight self-governing regions, chosen in 11 multi-member constituencies.

Figures come from Slovakia's own official statistics and from Eurostat's regional statistics for NUTS 3 areas. Comparisons with the EU average use purchasing power standards (PPS), which adjust for price differences.

Other regions in Stredné Slovensko

• Banskobystrický kraj 611,124

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Sources

• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjangrp3: Population on 1 January (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4c748d3cba3a…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_d3dens: Population density, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f4b59fe9d121…)
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• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP, million euros (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 096e15e5fdb3…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3empers: Employment, thousand people (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 664e4e3a6dc0…)
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• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjanind3: Share of people aged 65 or over (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 17aa0d08ab9c…)
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