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NUTS-3 SI035 · Slovenia

Zasavska

Population

57,0832025

GDP

€981M2024

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

485.9 km²

NUTS-3 SI038 · Slovenia

Primorsko-notranjska

Population

53,8262025

GDP

€1,097M2024

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

1,453.1 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Primorsko-notranjska (Opportunity 35). Runner-up: Zasavska (34).

#1Primorsko-notranjska

Strengths

Industrial base (88) · Cost advantage (72)

No red flags

#2Zasavska

Strengths

Industrial base (84) · Cost advantage (72)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Primorsko-notranjska

Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 16) — Zasavska may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zasavska · Manufacturing → Primorsko-notranjska · Office → Primorsko-notranjska · Residential → Primorsko-notranjska.

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

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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

34.2

34.7

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

46.5

50.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

36.6

38.8

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

22.3

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Connectivitytransit + air + market access

51.0

32.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

57.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

63.2

63.8

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.8% 5y

2.0% 5y

Population

0.0% 5y

0.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

2.6% 5y

13.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€17,187

€20,382

Population density

117 /km²

37 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€869M

€971M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€21M

€54M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€271M

€311M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€243M

€292M

GVA — construction (F)

€98M

€45M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€146M

€174M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€16,700

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

19,500 PPS

23,100 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€17,100

€20,300

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€6,367M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,605M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€14,558M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€99M

€102M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€11M

€10M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€177M

€205M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€156M

€183M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€804M

€900M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€56,859

€54,620

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€239M

€267M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

18,120

21,090

Self-employed persons

4,310

5,410

Employment in manufacturing (C)

4,260

6,010

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

74.8%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

13.3%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

4.1%

3.9%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

27,000

25,400

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

3,719

4,157

Enterprise births

358

386

Enterprise deaths

237

313

3-year enterprise survival rate

5.3%

4.7%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.4%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.9%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.9%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

31.0%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

40.2%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

20.4%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

23.2%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

8.3%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

92.4%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

21,427

261,657

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

592 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

917 kt

929 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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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

26 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

35,590

33,520

Population aged 65+

13,647

12,432

Population aged under 15

7,846

7,874

Median age of population

46.9 yrs

46.4 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

38.3%

37.1%

Crude rate of total population change

-2.8 /1k

-5.2 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

1.1 /1k

-0.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.7 /1k

7.0 /1k

Crude death rate

11.6 /1k

11.7 /1k

Live births

440

378

Deaths

663

631

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

60.4%

60.6%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.56

1.47

Population density (persons per km²)

119 /km²

38 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

41,769

41,602

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

17.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

81.3 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

16.2%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

340 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,141 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

285 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

3.5 /100k

1.9 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

135 /100k

198 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

449 /100k

566 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

32 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.26

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.74

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.92

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.75

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.77

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.132/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.051/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

452 m

823 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

4 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

75 days/yr

79 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

14 days/yr

20 days/yr