NUTS-3 SK022 · Slovakia
Population
565,5722025
GDP
€11,063M2024
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
4,500.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SK022 · CZ053
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pardubický kraj (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Trenčiansky kraj (50). Contrarian pick: Trenčiansky kraj — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 85).
Strengths
Cost advantage (85) · Industrial base (73)
Red flags
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pardubický kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 21) — Trenčiansky kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Pardubický 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
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
49.8
53.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
30.3
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.6
42.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.0
34.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
24.0
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.3
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.6
58.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.3% 5y
15.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,562
€24,784
Population density
126 /km²
117 /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)
€10,010M
€12,001M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€184M
€409M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,783M
€4,339M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,340M
€3,877M
GVA — construction (F)
€755M
€735M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,676M
€2,225M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,900
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,200 PPS
30,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,400
€24,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,200M
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,104M
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,474M
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€139M
€1,386M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€312M
€309M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,073M
€2,204M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,540M
€2,091M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,705M
€10,256M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,323
€55,872
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,362M
€3,366M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
262,510
251,560
Self-employed persons
36,470
23,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
84,690
79,360
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.0%
12.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
286,100
259,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
60,931
54,146
Enterprise births
6,833
4,495
Enterprise deaths
7,994
3,483
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.0%
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
6.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,236,637
1,430,508
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
528 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,906 kt
23,714 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
2,304
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
434
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
367,478
335,020
Population aged 65+
118,790
112,416
Population aged under 15
79,304
83,033
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
3,727
4,201
Deaths
6,122
5,442
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
126 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
343,725
500,883
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.0%
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.4 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.0%
10.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
609 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,707 /100k
1,440 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
271 /100k
241 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
7.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
54.4 /100k
98.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
83.8 /100k
154 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
44 /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)
440 m
478 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
4 days/yr