NUTS-3 SI037 · Slovenia
Population
148,6702025
GDP
€4,274M2024
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
2,671.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI037 · FRC24
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jugovzhodna Slovenija (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Territoire de Belfort (39). Contrarian pick: Territoire de Belfort — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Connectivity (69)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Jugovzhodna Slovenija
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 17) — Territoire de Belfort may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Jugovzhodna Slovenija · Manufacturing → Jugovzhodna Slovenija · Office → Territoire de Belfort · Residential → Jugovzhodna Slovenija.
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
39.4
39.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.8
41.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.1
47.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.5
59.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
26.3
69.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
61.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.6
12.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.5% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.4% 5y
8.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,749
€32,334
Population density
56 /km²
230 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
982
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
179
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,784M
€4,047M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€124M
€24M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,758M
€728M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,717M
€700M
GVA — construction (F)
€235M
€191M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€540M
€652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€22,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,800 PPS
30,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
€32,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
€8,575M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
€1,453M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
€19,541M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€276M
€747M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€42M
€101M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€567M
€1,257M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€561M
€1,196M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,504M
€4,038M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€65,870
€85,500
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,040M
€1,046M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,140
54,000
Self-employed persons
14,360
4,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,190
7,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
73.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
19.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
8.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
70,700
63,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,139
7,360
Enterprise births
994
996
Enterprise deaths
583
798
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
6.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.9%
5.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
37.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
44.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
7.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.4%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
527,476
309,330
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
1,020
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,525 kt
1,505 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
13 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
728
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
93,327
86,273
Population aged 65+
31,351
30,480
Population aged under 15
23,992
23,358
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
42.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
35.3%
Crude rate of total population change
5.9 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.9 /1k
9.8 /1k
Live births
1,402
1,214
Deaths
1,464
1,369
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
62.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.86
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
233 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
131,848
123,753
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
19.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.2%
15.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
340 /100k
506 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,141 /100k
853 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
285 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
7.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
176 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
672 /100k
1,029 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,893 /100k
4,590 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
64 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
483 m
360 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
5 days/yr