NUTS-3 SI032 · Slovenia
Population
331,8152025
GDP
€8,636M2024
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
2,169.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI032 · PL516
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Podravska (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Legnicko-głogowski (44). Contrarian pick: Legnicko-głogowski — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Cost advantage (86)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Podravska
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 17) — Legnicko-głogowski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Podravska 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
49.0
44.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.3
7.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.3
40.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
21.0
16.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.0
29.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
80.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
69.8
45.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.7% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.2% 5y
1.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,026
€24,013
Population density
153 /km²
119 /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)
€7,646M
€9,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€148M
€132M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,952M
€4,532M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,654M
€3,047M
GVA — construction (F)
€672M
€679M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,435M
€1,474M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€11,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
34,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,100
€23,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
€10,003M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
€2,337M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
€25,600M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€659M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€220M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,801M
€1,061M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,639M
€1,131M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,080M
€8,576M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,347
€64,463
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,101M
€1,879M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
158,130
190,200
Self-employed persons
31,690
31,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,620
36,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
160,300
205,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,888
23,094
Enterprise births
2,875
2,689
Enterprise deaths
1,654
3,151
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.9%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
44.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.4%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
954,087
375,133
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,482 kt
16,157 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
64
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
211,563
262,994
Population aged 65+
75,664
93,510
Population aged under 15
44,588
58,739
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
35.6%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
-6.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
-0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
2,396
2,600
Deaths
3,646
4,798
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
121 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
293,671
288,653
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
10.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
78.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.2%
8.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
340 /100k
729 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,141 /100k
1,486 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
285 /100k
280 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.4 /100k
24.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
460 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
808 /100k
590 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
52 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
230 m
167 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
2 days/yr