NUTS-3 SK042 · Slovakia
Population
778,7992025
GDP
€15,508M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,742.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SK042 · RO424
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Košický kraj (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Timiş (41). Contrarian pick: Timiş — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
#2Timiş
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Demographic outlook (82)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Košický kraj
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 15) — Timiş may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Košický 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
45.8
40.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
26.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
20.7
26.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
22.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.0
41.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
27.5
33.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.4
47.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,912
€23,751
Population density
116 /km²
77 /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)
€14,031M
€14,360M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
€395M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,997M
€3,734M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,895M
€3,350M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,384M
€662M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,850M
€5,382M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,300
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
39,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,800
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,308M
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€826M
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,472M
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,675M
€682M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,195M
€2,301M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,233M
€1,847M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,321M
€2,340M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,680M
€12,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,778
€55,811
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,584M
€3,403M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
292,390
316,090
Self-employed persons
40,070
26,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,010
99,820
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.3%
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.3%
31.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.5%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
375,700
279,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,160
43,520
Enterprise births
8,770
5,632
Enterprise deaths
9,935
3,259
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
6.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.7%
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.3%
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.5%
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.9%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
867,090
697,364
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
419 /1k
476 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,341 kt
11,564 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11
1,042
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
10 km/1000km²
8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
156
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
27
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)
508,542
436,278
Population aged 65+
136,052
126,363
Population aged under 15
134,205
104,584
Median age of population
41.1 yrs
42.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
7,851
5,370
Deaths
7,446
7,289
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.1%
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
77 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
710,953
539,223
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.2 yrs
76.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.4%
11.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
616 /100k
805 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,695 /100k
1,939 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
265 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
0.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.5 /100k
20.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.4 /100k
200 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
225 /100k
543 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.59
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.38
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.160/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.063/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
194 m
120 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
30 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
61 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr