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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI043 · SI044
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Obalno-kraška (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Goriška (43). Contrarian pick: Goriška — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 83).
Why you might not pick Obalno-kraška
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 20) — Goriška may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Obalno-kraška · Manufacturing → Goriška · Office → Obalno-kraška · Residential → Obalno-kraška.
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
43.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.0
41.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.9
51.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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34.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.5
34.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.8
81.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.0
68.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.6% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,034
€28,869
Population density
51 /km²
115 /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)
€2,931M
€3,058M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€77M
€38M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€963M
€381M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€808M
€306M
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
€211M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€545M
€1,217M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,400
€17,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,900 PPS
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,000
€28,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,464M
€7,464M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,358M
€1,358M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,182M
€20,182M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€234M
€228M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€75M
€81M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€510M
€620M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€608M
€591M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,671M
€2,786M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€60,567
€62,739
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€678M
€707M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,400
57,810
Self-employed persons
13,640
12,220
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,250
5,910
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.8%
10.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,900
58,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,286
14,189
Enterprise births
1,046
1,524
Enterprise deaths
763
1,622
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
7.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
7.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.6%
2.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
39.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.7%
45.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.4%
25.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
10.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
94.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,491,187
3,434,373
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
582 /1k
582 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,124 kt
6,295 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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3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
38 km/1000km²
38 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
71,726
74,807
Population aged 65+
29,549
28,927
Population aged under 15
16,821
15,893
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.2%
38.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
965
777
Deaths
1,303
1,196
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.76
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
115 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
96,972
99,139
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.1%
13.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.2%
12.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
464 /100k
464 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
287 /100k
287 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.9 /100k
22.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
260 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
798 /100k
1,242 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
31 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
1.26
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.74
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.92
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.75
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.77
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.132/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
643 m
478 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
61 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
34 days/yr
25 days/yr