Western Slovakia (Slovak: Západné Slovensko) is one of the four NUTS-2 Regions of Slovakia. It was created at the same time as were the Nitra, Trnava and Trenčín regions. Western Slovakia is the most populated of the four regions of Slovakia and its GDP per capita is 69% of the European Union average (€20,600 per year).
Western Slovakia
Západné Slovensko | |
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Region | |
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| Country |  Slovakia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,992.4 km2 (5,788.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,826,145 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €29.840 billion (2021) |
| NUTS code | SK02 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.852[4] very high · 2nd |
References edit
- ^ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2
- ^ Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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