NUTS-3 SI031 · Slovenia
Population
113,1722025
GDP
€2,475M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,328.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SI031 · ES417
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Soria (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Pomurska (36). Contrarian pick: Pomurska — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 83).
#1Soria
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Soria
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Pomurska may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Soria 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
36.4
37.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.3
43.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.1
54.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.7
58.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.5
15.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.4
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,868
€31,330
Population density
85 /km²
9 /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)
€2,191M
€2,578M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€108M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€667M
€700M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€602M
€519M
GVA — construction (F)
€184M
€175M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€384M
€567M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
35,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,800
€31,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
€32,274M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€234M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€24M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€380M
€435M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€467M
€606M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,029M
€2,594M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,514
€69,565
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€602M
€620M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,810
43,700
Self-employed persons
11,100
7,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,050
8,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
8.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
52,700
43,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,697
5,755
Enterprise births
664
389
Enterprise deaths
385
346
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.9%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.4%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,027,433
882,604
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
601 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,536 kt
6,449 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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4
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
140
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)
69,560
56,232
Population aged 65+
29,308
23,482
Population aged under 15
14,304
10,469
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
49.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
41.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
774
480
Deaths
1,477
1,148
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.05
Population density (persons per km²)
86 /km²
9 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
84,660
57,615
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.2%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
340 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,141 /100k
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
285 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.4 /100k
20.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.7 /100k
352 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
431 /100k
138 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
184 m
967 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
42 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr