NUTS-3 SI031 · Slovenia
Population
113,1722025
GDP
€2,475M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,328.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI031 · BG313
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pomurska (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Враца (31). Contrarian pick: Враца — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 100).
#2Враца
Strengths
Cost advantage (100) · Growth momentum (78)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pomurska
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 17) — Враца may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Враца · Manufacturing → Pomurska · Office → Pomurska · Residential → Pomurska.
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
36.4
31.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.3
10.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.1
25.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.5
13.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
15.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.4
77.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
1.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,868
€14,848
Population density
85 /km²
40 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,191M
€1,891M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€108M
€91M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€667M
€1,044M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€602M
€354M
GVA — construction (F)
€184M
€32M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€384M
€195M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€6,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
23,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,800
€14,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
€866M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
€154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
€2,572M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€234M
€146M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€24M
€9M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€380M
€193M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€467M
€335M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,029M
€1,441M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,514
€44,754
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€602M
€365M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,810
59,100
Self-employed persons
11,100
14,090
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,050
8,720
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
70.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
23.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
52,700
65,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,697
5,634
Enterprise births
664
586
Enterprise deaths
385
763
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
4.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.9%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
27.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
30.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
7.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
5.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.4%
87.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,027,433
134,374
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
472 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,536 kt
4,819 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
83
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)
69,560
88,665
Population aged 65+
29,308
36,997
Population aged under 15
14,304
20,340
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
49.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
-11.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
19.0 /1k
Live births
774
1,233
Deaths
1,477
2,793
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
64.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.90
Population density (persons per km²)
86 /km²
41 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
84,660
65,386
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
33.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
73.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.2%
25.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
340 /100k
964 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,141 /100k
2,350 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
285 /100k
248 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.4 /100k
12.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.7 /100k
39.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
431 /100k
425 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
148 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
-0.07
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.25
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
-0.10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
-0.14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.33
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.135/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.041/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
184 m
198 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
38 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr