NUTS-3 HR050 · Croatia
Population
777,3592025
GDP
€29,117M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
636.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HR050 · PL633
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Grad Zagreb (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Trójmiejski (56). Contrarian pick: Trójmiejski — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Economic base (91) · Talent & skills (86)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (93) · Cost advantage (90)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Grad Zagreb
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 2) — Trójmiejski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Trójmiejski · Manufacturing → Trójmiejski · Office → Grad Zagreb · Residential → Grad Zagreb.
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
59.7
55.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
30.8
23.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.1
49.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
1.5
27.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.7
52.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.5
72.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
72.8
70.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.7% 5y
6.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.6% 5y
3.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,456
€31,229
Population density
1,221 /km²
1,776 /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)
€24,145M
€20,985M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
€14M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,735M
€5,102M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,100M
€4,159M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,181M
€1,411M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,652M
€7,059M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,100
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,500 PPS
44,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,500
€30,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,329M
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€461M
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,255M
€17,730M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,092M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,634M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,332M
€4,263M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,213M
€3,135M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,326M
€19,955M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,212
€58,994
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,099M
€4,980M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
387,180
485,100
Self-employed persons
32,030
88,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,510
53,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.3%
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.3%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
395,500
365,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
67,348
83,371
Enterprise births
8,203
11,365
Enterprise deaths
3,641
10,041
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.2%
2.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
12.2%
6.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
51.7%
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
58.9%
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.8%
9.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
41.8%
32.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.0%
95.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,721,617
4,846,119
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
511 /1k
600 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,330 kt
42,496 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,102
2,196
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
76 km/1000km²
4 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
270
295
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
8
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)
502,831
475,285
Population aged 65+
161,220
166,711
Population aged under 15
113,308
101,685
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
35.1%
Crude rate of total population change
6.8 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
3.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
6,862
5,457
Deaths
8,635
7,987
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
0.99
Population density (persons per km²)
—
1,855 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
627,946
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
12.4%
16.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.2 yrs
78.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.4%
13.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
695 /100k
470 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,456 /100k
1,427 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
310 /100k
290 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
9.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
302 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
453 /100k
482 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.30
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.43
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.11
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.73
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.126/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
113 m
144 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
2 days/yr