Western Slovakia

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
Region
Country Slovakia
Area
[1]
 • Total14,992.4 km2 (5,788.6 sq mi)
Population
[2]
 • Total1,826,145
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
NUTS codeSK02
GDP per capita (PPS)€20,600 (2018)[3]
HDI (2019)0.852[4]
very high · 2nd

References
  1. Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2
  2. Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)
  3. Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant), by NUTS 2 regions
  4. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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