# NUTS 3 areas of Slovakia by natural change rate, 2024

All 8 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/slovakia-provinces

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Prešovský kraj | 3 |
| 2 | Košický kraj | 0.5 |
| 3 | Bratislavský kraj | -0.4 |
| 4 | Žilinský kraj | -1.3 |
| 5 | Trnavský kraj | -3.1 |
| 6 | Banskobystrický kraj | -3.8 |
| 7 | Nitriansky kraj | -4.2 |
| 7 | Trenčiansky kraj | -4.2 |