NUTS-3 HR021 · Croatia
Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija
Export region data (CSV)Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija generates €1.5bn of GDP across 98.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +8.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (32.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (6.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth73.6
Livability15.3
Market access19
Economic scale4
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
33.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability20
Diversification92
Demographic stability5
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
27
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access39
Market access19
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
12.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary19
Lifelong learning5
Knowledge workers16
Scientists & engineers10
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
15.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs14.5
Education7
Health6.5
Safety32.3
Connectivity23
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
73.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 24%Diversified · HHI 1925
Agriculture 23.3%Industry 20.2%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 10.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.7%Public · health · education 24%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,217M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€246M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€221M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€78M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€126M
2024 · EU pctl 1
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,300
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 10
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,000
2024 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,386M
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€560M
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,231M
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€77M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€191M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€293M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,630
2024 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
6,240
2024 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,440
2024 · EU pctl 24
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
68.1%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,653
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
409
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise deaths
175
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
20.5%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.9%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.1%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
84,258
2024 · EU pctl 3
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
476 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
59,921
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged 65+
24,456
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
13,889
2025 · EU pctl 15
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
15.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
907
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,549
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.0%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.81
2024 · EU pctl 98
Population density (persons per km²)
38 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 11
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,784 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
308 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
153 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
92 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
139 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
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