Published February 6, 2026 | Version 2025.12
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LAU1 dataset

Authors/Creators

  • 1. IZ Bratislava; Faculty of management, Comenius University in Bratislava

Description

Statistical open data on LAU regions of Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary (and other countries in the future). LAU1 regions are called counties, okres, okresy, powiat, NUTS4, LAU, Local Administrative Units, ... and there are 556 of them in this V4 dataset. Overall, we cover 554 regions which are described by 129.738 observations (panel data rows) and more than 2.046.642 data points.

This LAU dataset contains panel data on population, on age structure of inhabitants, on number and on structure of registered unemployed. Dataset prepared by Michal Páleník. Output files are in json, shapefiles, xls, ods, json, topojson or CSV formats.

This dataset consists of:

  • data on unemployment (by gender, education and duration of unemployment),
  • data on vacancies,
  • open data on population in Visegrad counties (by age and gender),
  • data on unemployment share.

Combined latest dataset

dataset of the latest available data on unemployment, vacancies and population

  • dataset includes map contours (shp, topojson or geojson format), relation id in OpenStreetMap, wikidata entry code,
  • it also includes NUTS4 code, LAU1 code used by national statistical office and abbreviation of the region (usually license plate),
  • source of map contours is OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL
  • no time series, only most recent data on population and unemployment combined in one output file
  • columns: period, lau, name, registered_unemployed, registered_unemployed_females, disponible_unemployed, low_educated, long_term, very_short_term, unemployment_inflow, unemployment_outflow, below_25, over_55, vacancies, pop_period, TOTAL, Y15-64, Y15-64-females, Y15-24, local_lau, osm_id, abbr, wikidata, population_density, area_square_km, way
  • Slovakia – SK: 79 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-12-01, 1.817 data,
  • Czech Republic – CZ: 75 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-12-01, 1.646 data,
  • Poland – PL: 380 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-12-01, 8.360 data,
  • Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-12-01, 400 data,
  • 12.223 data in total.
column/number of observations description SK CZ PL HU
period period (month and year) the data is for 79 75 380 20
lau LAU code of the region 79 75 380 20
name name of the region in local language 79 75 380 20
registered_unemployed number of unemployed registered at labour offices 79 75 380 20
registered_unemployed_females number of unemployed women 79 75 380 20
disponible_unemployed unemployed able to accept job offer 79 0 0 0
low_educated unmployed without secondary school (ISCED 0 and 1) 79 75 380 20
long_term unemployed for longer than 1 year 79 75 380 0
very_short_term unemployed for period shorter than 3 months 79 75 380 0
unemployment_inflow inflow into unemployment 79 75 380 20
unemployment_outflow outflow from unemployment 79 75 380 20
below_25 number of unemployed below 25 years of age 79 75 380 20
over_55 unemployed older than 55 years 79 75 380 20
vacancies number of vacancies reported by labour offices 79 75 380 20
pop_period date of population data 79 75 380 20
TOTAL total population 79 75 380 20
Y15-64 number of people between 15 and 64 years of age, population in economically active age 79 75 380 20
Y15-64-females number of women between 15 and 64 years of age 79 75 380 20
Y15-24 number of people between 15 and 24 years of age 79 75 380 20
local_lau region's code used by local labour offices 79 75 380 20
osm_id relation id in OpenStreetMap database 79 73 380 20
abbr abbreviation used for this region 79 75 380 20
wikidata wikidata identification code 79 73 380 20
population_density population density 79 75 380 20
area_square_km area of the region in square kilometres 79 75 380 20
way geometry, polygon of given region 79 75 380 20

Unemployment dataset

  • time series of unemployment data in Visegrad regions
  • by gender, duration of unemployment, education level, age groups, vacancies,
  • columns: period, lau, name, registered_unemployed, registered_unemployed_females, disponible_unemployed, low_educated, long_term, very_short_term, unemployment_inflow, unemployment_outflow, below_25, over_55, vacancies
  • Slovakia – SK: 79 LAU1 regions, data for 348 periods (1997-01-01 ... 2025-12-01), 228.310 data,
  • Czech Republic – CZ: 75 LAU1 regions, data for 258 periods (2004-07-01 ... 2025-12-01), 163.945 data,
  • Poland – PL: 380 LAU1 regions, data for 204 periods (2005-03-01 ... 2025-12-01), 537.840 data,
  • Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 312 periods (2000-01-01 ... 2025-12-01), 38.392 data,
  • 968.487 data in total.
column/number of observations description SK CZ PL HU
period period (month and year) the data is for 27 492 19 350 77 472 6240
lau LAU code of the region 27 492 19 350 77 472 6240
name name of the region in local language 27 492 19 350 77 472 6240
registered_unemployed number of unemployed registered at labour offices 27 492 19 350 77 472 6240
registered_unemployed_females number of unemployed women 27 492 19 350 68 376 3358
disponible_unemployed unemployed able to accept job offer 26 544 18 450 0 0
low_educated unmployed without secondary school (ISCED 0 and 1) 12 877 10 649 47 088 3358
long_term unemployed for longer than 1 year 25 359 10 649 47 088 0
very_short_term unemployed for period shorter than 3 months 13 035 10 649 47 088 0
unemployment_inflow inflow into unemployment 27 255 17 100 68 376 6240
unemployment_outflow outflow from unemployment 27 255 17 100 68 376 6240
below_25 number of unemployed below 25 years of age 15 168 10 649 22 800 3358
over_55 unemployed older than 55 years 13 035 10 649 22 800 3358
vacancies number of vacancies reported by labour offices 12 798 19 350 68 376 6240

Population dataset

  • time series on population by gender and 5 year age groups in V4 counties
  • columns: period, lau, name, gender, TOTAL, Y00-04, Y05-09, Y10-14, Y15-19, Y20-24, Y25-29, Y30-34, Y35-39, Y40-44, Y45-49, Y50-54, Y55-59, Y60-64, Y65-69, Y70-74, Y75-79, Y80-84, Y85-89, Y90-94, Y_GE95, Y15-64, Y15-24, Y50-64
  • Slovakia – SK: 79 LAU1 regions, data for 29 periods (1996 ... 2024), 171.825 data,
  • Czech Republic – CZ: 76 LAU1 regions, data for 25 periods (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), 139.095 data,
  • Poland – PL: 382 LAU1 regions, data for 30 periods (1995 ... 2024), 725.007 data,
  • Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 36 periods (1990 ... 2025), 42.228 data,
  • 1.078.155 data in total.
column/number of observations description SK CZ PL HU
period period (month and year) the data is for 6873 5655 34 023 1836
lau LAU code of the region 6873 5655 34 023 1836
name name of the region in local language 6873 5655 34 023 1836
gender gender (male or female) 6873 5655 34 023 1836
TOTAL total population 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y00-04 inhabitants between 0 to 4 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y05-09 number of inhabitants between 5 to 9 years of age 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y10-14 number of people between 10 to 14 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y15-19 number of inhabitants between 15 to 19 years of age 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y20-24 number of people between 20 to 24 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y25-29 number of inhabitants younger than 29 and older than 25 years 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y30-34 inhabitants between 30 to 34 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y35-39 number of inhabitants younger than 39 and older than 35 years 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y40-44 inhabitants between 40 to 44 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y45-49 number of inhabitants between 45 to 49 years of age 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y50-54 number of people between 50 to 54 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y55-59 number of inhabitants younger than 59 and older than 55 years 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y60-64 number of people between 60 to 64 years inclusive 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y65-69 number of inhabitants younger than 69 and older than 65 years 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y70-74 number of people between 70 to 74 years inclusive 6873 5655 26 190 1836
Y75-79 number of inhabitants younger than 79 and older than 75 years 6873 5655 26 190 1836
Y80-84 number of people between 80 to 84 years inclusive 6873 5655 26 190 1836
Y85-89 number of inhabitants younger than 89 and older than 85 years 6873 5655 0 1836
Y90-94 inhabitants between 90 to 94 years inclusive 6873 5655 0 0
Y_GE95 number of people 95 years or older 6873 3375 0 0
Y15-64 number of people between 15 and 64 years of age, population in economically active age 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y15-24 number of people between 15 and 24 years of age 6873 5655 34 023 1836
Y50-64 number of people between 50 and 64 years of age 6873 5655 34 023 1836

Notes

  • more examples at www.iz.sk
  • NUTS4 / LAU1 / LAU codes for HU and PL are created by me, so they can (and will) change in the future; CZ and SK NUTS4 codes are used by local statistical offices, so they should be more stable
  • NUTS4 codes are consistent with NUTS3 codes used by Eurostat
  • local_lau variable is an identifier used by local statistical office
  • abbr is abbreviation of region's name, used for map purposes (usually cars' license plate code; except for Hungary)
  • wikidata is code used by wikidata
  • osm_id is region's relation number in the OpenStreetMap database
  • Changes in the LAU1 dataset

Example outputs

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.iz.sk/LAU1

Funding

Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
CORE Econ z perspektívy strednej Európy KEGA 076UK-4/2025