NUTS-3 SI044 · Slovenia
Population
119,6272025
GDP
€3,453M2024
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
1,043.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SI044 · ES242
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Obalno-kraška (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Teruel (41). Contrarian pick: Teruel — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 100).
#2Teruel
Strengths
Freight intensity (100) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Obalno-kraška
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 20) — Teruel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Obalno-kraška 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
43.6
40.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.0
49.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.7
62.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
34.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.3
16.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.8
61.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.6
58.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
4.6% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.4% 5y
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,869
€31,776
Population density
115 /km²
9 /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)
€3,058M
€3,946M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€38M
€472M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€381M
€697M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€306M
€461M
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
€296M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,217M
€930M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,400
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,900
€32,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,464M
€9,383M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,358M
€1,967M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,182M
€22,292M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€228M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€81M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€620M
€613M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€591M
€939M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,786M
€3,899M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€62,739
€74,553
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€707M
€984M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,810
61,800
Self-employed persons
12,220
13,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,910
7,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
76.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.8%
24.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
8.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
58,300
66,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,189
9,140
Enterprise births
1,524
666
Enterprise deaths
1,622
635
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.6%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
3.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.6%
1.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.7%
49.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.4%
15.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
7.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
97.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,434,373
1,427,216
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
582 /1k
499 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,295 kt
14,306 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3
52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
38 km/1000km²
18 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
119
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)
74,807
85,581
Population aged 65+
28,927
33,547
Population aged under 15
15,893
16,963
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
39.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
12.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
777
880
Deaths
1,196
1,762
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
9 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
99,139
81,521
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.1%
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.2%
13.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
464 /100k
352 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
812 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
287 /100k
226 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.6 /100k
8.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
260 /100k
237 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,242 /100k
122 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
478 m
1,342 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
26 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
2 days/yr