NUTS-3 HR065 · Croatia
Population
309,9642025
GDP
€6,026M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,072.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HR065 · PL616
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zagrebačka županija (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Grudziądzki (36). Contrarian pick: Grudziądzki — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Growth momentum (86)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Industrial base (83)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zagrebačka županija
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 2) — Grudziądzki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zagrebačka županija · Manufacturing → Grudziądzki · Office → Zagrebačka županija · Residential → Zagrebačka županija.
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
47.8
36.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
26.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.4
30.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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11.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.7
16.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.5
33.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
85.8
56.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
8.0% 5y
4.0% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.7% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,441
€14,678
Population density
101 /km²
88 /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)
€4,997M
€4,723M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€343M
€355M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€948M
€1,477M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€830M
€1,301M
GVA — construction (F)
€637M
€342M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,732M
€1,254M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,800
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,200 PPS
21,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,500
€14,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,296M
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,033M
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,092M
€12,111M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€310M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€102M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€649M
€492M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€687M
€803M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,767M
€4,552M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,552
€42,169
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,524M
€1,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
147,580
152,200
Self-employed persons
13,520
40,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,840
37,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.6%
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.6%
15.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
145,900
173,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,743
18,972
Enterprise births
2,047
2,098
Enterprise deaths
776
2,545
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
22.4%
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.6%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.3%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.0%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
87.4%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
299,077
313,657
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
613 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,040 kt
16,478 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
349
36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
113
10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
129
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
198,280
229,632
Population aged 65+
67,461
73,105
Population aged under 15
44,223
53,339
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
31.8%
Crude rate of total population change
12.5 /1k
-7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.6 /1k
-2.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
2,652
2,314
Deaths
3,603
4,006
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
—
90 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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253,105
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.6%
21.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.5 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.9%
19.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
465 /100k
959 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,622 /100k
1,562 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
305 /100k
294 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.2 /100k
15.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
162 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
201 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
65 /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)
738 m
104 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
1 days/yr