DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17055274
title: LAU1 dataset

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 126.968 observations (panel data rows) and more than 1.969.040 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.


In summer 2025 we changed data for Hungary to use megye instead of járás. Megye data now contain longer and more detailed dataset (but there are only 20 regions instead of 197). Járás are now available in the LAU2 dataset.

Due to changes in the Czech data, we had to merge two counties in Plzeň and Prague, so there are now only 75 counties instead of 77. Therefore the abbreviation is not standardized and there is no wikidata or OSM entry.Last data for 77 regions from December 2024 are available at zenodo.

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 2025-07-01, 1.817 data,

Czech Republic – CZ: 75 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-07-01, 1.646 data,

Poland – PL: 380 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-07-01, 8.360 data,

Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 2025-07-01, 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 343 periods (1997-01-01 ... 2025-07-01), 223.965 data,

Czech Republic – CZ: 75 LAU1 regions, data for 253 periods (2004-07-01 ... 2025-07-01), 160.195 data,

Poland – PL: 380 LAU1 regions, data for 199 periods (2005-03-01 ... 2025-07-01), 518.840 data,

Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 307 periods (2000-01-01 ... 2025-07-01), 37.592 data,

940.592 data in total.





column/number of observations
description
SK
CZ
PL
HU




period
period (month and year) the data is for
27 097
18 975
75 572
6140


lau
LAU code of the region
27 097
18 975
75 572
6140


name
name of the region in local language
27 097
18 975
75 572
6140


registered_unemployed
number of unemployed registered at labour offices
27 097
18 975
75 572
6140


registered_unemployed_females
number of unemployed women
27 097
18 975
66 476
3258


disponible_unemployed
unemployed able to accept job offer
26 149
18 450
0
0


low_educated
unmployed without secondary school (ISCED 0 and 1)
12 482
10 274
45 188
3258


long_term
unemployed for longer than 1 year
24 964
10 274
45 188
0


very_short_term
unemployed for period shorter than 3 months
12 640
10 274
45 188
0


unemployment_inflow
inflow into unemployment
26 860
16 725
66 476
6140


unemployment_outflow
outflow from unemployment
26 860
16 725
66 476
6140


below_25
number of unemployed below 25 years of age
14 773
10 274
20 900
3258


over_55
unemployed older than 55 years
12 640
10 274
20 900
3258


vacancies
number of vacancies reported by labour offices
12 403
18 975
66 476
6140




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

Slovakia – SK: 79 LAU1 regions, data for 29 periods (1996 ... 2024), 164.952 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), 133.440 data,

Poland – PL: 382 LAU1 regions, data for 30 periods (1995 ... 2024), 690.984 data,

Hungary – HU: 20 LAU1 regions, data for 35 periods (1990 ... 2024), 39.072 data,

1.028.448 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
1776


lau
LAU code of the region
6873
5655
34 023
1776


name
name of the region in local language
6873
5655
34 023
1776


gender
gender (male or female)
6873
5655
34 023
1776


TOTAL
total population
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y00-04
number of people between 0 to 4 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y05-09
number of inhabitants between 5 to 9 years of age
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y10-14
number of people between 10 to 14 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y15-19
number of inhabitants younger than 19 and older than 15 years
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y20-24
number of people between 20 to 24 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y25-29
number of inhabitants younger than 29 and older than 25 years
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y30-34
inhabitants between 30 to 34 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y35-39
number of inhabitants younger than 39 and older than 35 years
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y40-44
inhabitants between 40 to 44 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y45-49
number of inhabitants between 45 to 49 years of age
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y50-54
inhabitants between 50 to 54 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y55-59
number of inhabitants younger than 59 and older than 55 years
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y60-64
number of people between 60 to 64 years inclusive
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y65-69
number of inhabitants between 65 to 69 years of age
6873
5655
34 023
1776


Y70-74
number of people between 70 to 74 years inclusive
6873
5655
26 190
1776


Y75-79
number of inhabitants between 75 to 79 years of age
6873
5655
26 190
1776


Y80-84
number of people between 80 to 84 years inclusive
6873
5655
26 190
1776


Y85-89
number of inhabitants between 85 to 89 years of age
6873
5655
0
1776


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
1776


Y15-24
number of people between 15 and 24 years of age
6873
5655
34 023
1776




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



you can download data in CSV, xml, ods, xlsx, shp, SQL, postgis, topojson, geojson or json format at 📥 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6165135

Counties of Slovakia – unemployment rate in Slovak LAU1 regions

Regions of the Slovak Republic

Unemployment of Czechia and Slovakia – unemployment share in LAU1 regions of Slovakia and Czechia

interactive map on unemployment in Slovakia

Slovakia – SK, Czech Republic – CZ, Hungary – HU, Poland – PL, NUTS3 regions of Slovakia

download at 📥 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6165135

suggested citation: Páleník, M. (2025). LAU1 dataset [Data set]. IZ Bratislava. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6165135