NUTS-3 SI043 · Slovenia
Population
118,0962025
GDP
€3,311M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,328.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SI043 · PT1C2
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Goriška (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Baixo Alentejo (32). Contrarian pick: Baixo Alentejo — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (74)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Goriška
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 32) — Baixo Alentejo may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Goriška 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
43.0
32.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.0
62.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.9
30.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.5
18.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.8
44.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.0
67.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
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Population
0.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.6% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,034
€27,271
Population density
51 /km²
14 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,931M
€2,743M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€77M
€449M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€963M
€622M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€808M
€168M
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
€174M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€545M
€401M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,400
€15,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,900 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,000
€27,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,464M
€3,228M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,358M
€913M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,182M
€4,721M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€234M
€216M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€75M
€10M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€510M
€361M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€608M
€573M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,671M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€60,567
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€678M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,400
55,810
Self-employed persons
13,640
11,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,250
3,120
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.8%
25.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,900
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,286
11,544
Enterprise births
1,046
1,681
Enterprise deaths
763
1,332
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
2.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.6%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
26.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.7%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.4%
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
19.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
7.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
87.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,491,187
594,888
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
582 /1k
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,124 kt
1,437 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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19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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16
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
38 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
91
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
71,726
69,615
Population aged 65+
29,549
31,270
Population aged under 15
16,821
14,795
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
49.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.2%
44.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
18.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
15.8 /1k
Live births
965
890
Deaths
1,303
1,983
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
66.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.76
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
14 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
96,972
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.1%
19.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.2%
17.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
464 /100k
221 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
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Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
287 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.9 /100k
45.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
143 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
798 /100k
771 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
137 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
643 m
96 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
101 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
1 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
34 days/yr
4 days/yr