NUTS-3 SK023 · Slovakia
Population
665,6002025
GDP
€14,513M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,340.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SK023 · CZ042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Nitriansky kraj (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Ústecký kraj (52). Contrarian pick: Ústecký kraj — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 81).
Strengths
Cost advantage (85) · Growth momentum (71)
Red flags
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Nitriansky kraj
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 12) — Ústecký kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Nitriansky kraj 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
53.9
51.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
26.0
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.7
31.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
21.7
34.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
47.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.3
10.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
70.8
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.7% 5y
5.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,804
€20,446
Population density
105 /km²
152 /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)
€13,131M
€15,087M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€419M
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,875M
€5,164M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,743M
€3,956M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,146M
€1,037M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,823M
€2,897M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,900
€13,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,000 PPS
25,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,600
€20,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,200M
€6,471M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,104M
€1,776M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,474M
€10,301M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,018M
€1,610M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€349M
€379M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,159M
€2,453M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,709M
€3,234M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,418M
€11,958M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€51,873
€50,925
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,098M
€5,255M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
294,230
346,960
Self-employed persons
43,160
35,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,320
93,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.0%
15.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
340,700
394,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
76,705
69,904
Enterprise births
8,765
6,870
Enterprise deaths
10,801
5,292
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
1.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.0%
16.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
19.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
10.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
4.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
95.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
730,499
1,699,249
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
528 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,671 kt
25,364 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
32
3,151
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
18 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
390
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
437,591
518,221
Population aged 65+
136,851
167,864
Population aged under 15
91,158
122,271
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
32.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.0 /1k
-3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
4,831
6,132
Deaths
7,638
9,493
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.1%
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
106 /km²
155 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
399,342
685,919
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.0%
13.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.4 yrs
78.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.0%
11.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
622 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,707 /100k
1,692 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
271 /100k
286 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.3 /100k
27.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
39.2 /100k
295 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
98.0 /100k
368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.59
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.38
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.160/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.063/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
150 m
353 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
77 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
1 days/yr