NUTS-3 SK021 · Slovakia
Population
565,9002025
GDP
€14,997M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,146.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SK021 · CZ032
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Plzeňský kraj (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Trnavský kraj (56). Contrarian pick: Trnavský kraj — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 85).
Strengths
Cost advantage (85) · Growth momentum (72)
Red flags
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 21% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Plzeňský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Trnavský kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Plzeňský kraj 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
56.2
59.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.5
52.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.1
46.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.3
41.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
47.7
46.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.3
20.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
71.6
67.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,501
€25,239
Population density
136 /km²
80 /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)
€13,570M
€14,161M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€213M
€466M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,781M
€4,698M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,845M
€4,040M
GVA — construction (F)
€746M
€796M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,797M
€2,727M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,900
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
31,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,300
€25,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,200M
€7,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,104M
€1,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,474M
€14,232M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,755M
€1,678M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€826M
€419M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,497M
€2,777M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,536M
€2,697M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,800M
€11,829M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,943
€54,853
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,201M
€4,165M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,660
302,340
Self-employed persons
35,090
40,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,750
91,190
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
78.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.0%
9.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
290,600
307,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
66,705
59,474
Enterprise births
8,126
5,130
Enterprise deaths
8,971
3,932
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.0%
24.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
7.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
97.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,336,477
2,218,896
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
528 /1k
645 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,143 kt
24,616 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
204
3,308
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
13 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
36
538
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
373,130
395,427
Population aged 65+
109,482
127,230
Population aged under 15
83,288
91,983
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
4.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
4,154
4,569
Deaths
5,901
6,256
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.7%
55.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
82 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
431,358
646,370
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.0%
13.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.4 yrs
80.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.0%
11.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
650 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,707 /100k
1,429 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
271 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.5 /100k
13.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
51.9 /100k
272 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
130 /100k
214 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
70 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.59
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.38
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.160/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.063/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
132 m
433 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
96 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr