NUTS-3 HR063 · Croatia
Population
99,2032025
GDP
€1,808M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,755.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HR063 · EL513
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Koprivničko-križevačka županija (Opportunity 33). Runner-up: Ροδόπη (20).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Growth momentum (71)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ροδόπη
Strengths
Cost advantage (88) · Energy cost (58)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Koprivničko-križevačka županija
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 2) — Ροδόπη may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Koprivničko-križevačka županija leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
33.0
19.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.8
37.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.6
21.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
3.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
26.7
16.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.5
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
71.2
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.9% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.5% 5y
9.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,221
€11,982
Population density
57 /km²
42 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,499M
€1,117M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€214M
€52M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€361M
€296M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€325M
€142M
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
€22M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€232M
€220M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,800
€11,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,500 PPS
14,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
€11,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,296M
€1,728M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,033M
€170M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,092M
€3,128M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€100M
€134M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€12M
€15M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€197M
€220M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€266M
€307M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,430M
€1,186M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,412
€26,234
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€457M
€320M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,410
52,850
Self-employed persons
6,580
28,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,090
2,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.6%
67.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.6%
23.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
10.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,800
49,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,861
5,755
Enterprise births
499
397
Enterprise deaths
216
263
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
1.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
22.4%
28.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.6%
42.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.3%
4.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
16.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.0%
6.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
87.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
46,225
197,884
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
412 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,797 kt
1,921 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
25
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
17 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
25
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
62,305
69,994
Population aged 65+
22,790
25,165
Population aged under 15
14,108
11,679
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.0 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
17.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
878
616
Deaths
1,528
1,409
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
52.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
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42 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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79,198
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.6%
31.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.5 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.9%
26.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
465 /100k
435 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,622 /100k
1,154 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
305 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
5.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
24.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
219 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
73 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.30
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.43
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.11
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.73
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.126/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
233 m
99 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
68 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
31 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
13 days/yr