Western Slovakia

Western Slovakia
Západné Slovensko
Region
CountrySlovakia
Area
  Total
14,992 km2 (5,788 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
  Total
1,802,517
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
GDP
  Total€38.634 billion (2023)
NUTS codeSK02
HDI (2022)0.843
very high · 2nd

Western Slovakia (Slovak: Západné Slovensko) is a subdivision of Slovakia as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It is one of the four classified NUTS-2 statistical regions of Slovakia. The region incorporates the western parts of the country excluding the Bratislava Region, and encompasses an area of 14,992 km2 (5,788 sq mi). It incorporates three krajeNitra, Trnava and Trenčín. It has a population of more than 1.8 million, and is the most populated of the four regions of Slovakia.