NUTS-3 SI044 · Slovenia
Population
119,6272025
GDP
€3,453M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,043.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI044 · ITF64
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Obalno-kraška (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Vibo Valentia (25). Contrarian pick: Vibo Valentia — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 72).
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Demographic outlook (53)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Obalno-kraška
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 20) — Vibo Valentia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Obalno-kraška 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
43.6
25.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.0
38.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.7
31.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
34.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.3
42.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.8
13.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.6
44.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.4% 5y
9.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,869
€20,131
Population density
115 /km²
132 /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)
€3,058M
€2,722M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€38M
€214M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€381M
€252M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€306M
€192M
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
€185M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,217M
€617M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,400
€16,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
20,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,900
€20,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,464M
€8,676M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,358M
€460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,182M
€14,341M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€228M
€388M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€81M
€30M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€620M
€657M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€591M
€797M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,786M
€2,749M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€62,739
€61,947
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€707M
€683M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,810
50,400
Self-employed persons
12,220
15,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,910
3,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
51.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.8%
28.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
9.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
58,300
51,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,189
9,617
Enterprise births
1,524
897
Enterprise deaths
1,622
505
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.6%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
1.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.6%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.7%
25.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.4%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
16.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
4.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
88.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,434,373
2,879,746
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
582 /1k
750 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,295 kt
1,347 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3
505
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
38 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
336
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
34
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
74,807
95,319
Population aged 65+
28,927
36,799
Population aged under 15
15,893
18,398
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
38.6%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.9 /1k
Live births
777
1,116
Deaths
1,196
1,640
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
131 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
99,139
108,525
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.1%
45.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.2%
32.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
464 /100k
256 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
968 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
287 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.6 /100k
10.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
260 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,242 /100k
463 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
52 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
478 m
329 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
4 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
16 days/yr