NUTS-3 SI038 · Slovenia
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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI038 · EL621
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Primorsko-notranjska (Opportunity 35). Runner-up: Ζάκυνθος (23).
#2Ζάκυνθος
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Growth momentum (58)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Primorsko-notranjska
Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 16) — Ζάκυνθος may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Primorsko-notranjska 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
34.7
23.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.8
8.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.8
29.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
1.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
6.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.8
58.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
7.7% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.2% 5y
10.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,382
€23,473
Population density
37 /km²
100 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€971M
€822M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
€29M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€311M
€47M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€292M
€29M
GVA — construction (F)
€45M
€24M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€174M
€453M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
29,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,300
€24,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
€798M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
€15M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
€1,396M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€102M
€107M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10M
€5M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€205M
€158M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€183M
€110M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€900M
€852M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,620
€35,029
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€267M
€227M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
21,090
29,790
Self-employed persons
5,410
14,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,010
960
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
70.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
30.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
9.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,400
18,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,157
5,859
Enterprise births
386
500
Enterprise deaths
313
136
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.9%
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R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
32.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
1.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
11.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
261,657
6,438,092
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
460 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
929 kt
695 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
216
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
33,520
25,380
Population aged 65+
12,432
8,592
Population aged under 15
7,874
6,149
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.2 /1k
-6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
378
388
Deaths
631
461
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
58.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.71
Population density (persons per km²)
38 /km²
99 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,602
40,433
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
35.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
81.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.2%
22.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
340 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,141 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
285 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
12.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
305 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
129 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
823 m
72 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
49 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
20 days/yr
12 days/yr