Key Insights:
- Overall Growth: Both female and male employment showed significant growth over the 25-year period.
- Gender Gap: Male employment consistently exceeded female employment throughout all years, with males employing 23.8% more people than females in 2024.
- Female Employment Growth: Female employment increased from 248.8 thousand in 1999 to 310.3 thousand in 2024 (24.7% increase).
- Male Employment Growth: Male employment grew from 303.2 thousand in 1999 to 375.4 thousand in 2024 (23.8% increase).
- Economic Crisis Impact: Both genders experienced a significant dip during 2008-2012 economic crisis, with gradual recovery afterwards.
- COVID-19 Impact: Both genders experienced a slight decline in 2020-2021, with recovery in 2022-2024.
Legend Description:
- ■ Female Employment (F) – Total employed females aged 15-64
- ■ Male Employment (M) – Total employed males aged 15-64
Chart Type: Line Chart
Colors Used: Primary color #18baa8 (teal) for females, #ff6b6b (coral red) for males
Years Displayed: 1999-2024
Employment by sex, age, professional status and NUTS 2 region (1 000)
SK04 (Eastern Slovakia)Data-Level: SK04 Source: Eurostat - Employment by sex, age, professional status and NUTS 2 region. Dataset: lfst_r_lfe2estat. Data represents employment in thousands of persons aged 15-64 years in SK04.
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of:
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh,
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region,
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture,
Creative Industry Košice, n. o.,
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj,
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała,
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm,
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz),
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany,
Otelo Cooperative
