NUTS-3 SK010 · Slovakia
Population
736,3852025
GDP
€36,497M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,051.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SK010 · LT011
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bratislavský kraj (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Vilniaus apskritis (61). Contrarian pick: Vilniaus apskritis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Labour market (96) · Economic base (92)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bratislavský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 16) — Vilniaus apskritis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bratislavský kraj · Manufacturing → Vilniaus apskritis · Office → Bratislavský kraj · Residential → Bratislavský kraj.
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
70.4
60.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.0
45.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.2
45.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.0
20.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.7
53.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
92.0
90.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
78.4
83.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
1.9% 5y
1.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.0% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,562
€41,260
Population density
359 /km²
90 /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)
€33,022M
€32,397M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€231M
€230M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,504M
€3,921M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,648M
€3,180M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,656M
€2,050M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,054M
€10,879M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,700
€17,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,000 PPS
53,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,800
€41,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,259M
€7,420M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,651M
€432M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,711M
€17,804M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,005M
€1,896M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,013M
€2,913M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€11,198M
€8,593M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,380M
€6,724M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,003M
€26,296M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,294
€75,780
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,779M
€8,102M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
478,030
512,850
Self-employed persons
47,780
49,890
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,510
54,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.6%
82.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
11.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
402,800
520,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
155,001
144,886
Enterprise births
18,570
28,204
Enterprise deaths
20,939
22,446
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
14.3%
11.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.1%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
65.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
55.5%
77.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.7%
12.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.5%
41.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
15.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
92.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,607,211
2,616,927
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
562 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,424 kt
10,313 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,143
3,662
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
75 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
291
418
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,592
582,521
Population aged 65+
137,868
156,408
Population aged under 15
122,925
137,798
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
41.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
26.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.9 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
13.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
6,071
6,490
Deaths
6,348
9,463
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
50.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
93 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
863,143
712,307
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
2.9%
16.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
1.4%
14.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
589 /100k
592 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,412 /100k
1,610 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
261 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
3.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
20.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.3 /100k
30.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
653 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
29 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.59
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.38
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.160/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.063/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
569 m
158 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
114 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr