NUTS-3 HR022 · Croatia
Virovitičko-podravska županija
Virovitičko-podravska županija generates €811M of GDP across 67.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 25.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (64.3th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (5.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard13 → 4 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Cost advantage93
Energy cost71
Growth momentum71
Resilience34
Industrial base31
Connectivity28
Freight intensity28
Quality of life20
Talent & skills13
Governance12
Labour market9
Economic base4
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
25.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70.6
Livability20.3
Market access11
Economic scale1
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability20
Diversification94
Demographic stability3
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density24
Airport access50
Market access11
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)
20.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy5.5
Jobs14.5
Education7
Health6.5
Safety64.3
Connectivity24
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
70.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
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 · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 1906
Agriculture 14.8%Industry 15.2%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 13.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21%Public · health · education 27.7%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€811M2024
9.6% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€638M2025
3.4% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Population
67,2212025
1.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
7.4%2025
5.7% 1y 8.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Employment
27,0102024
2.3% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Productivity / employee
€32,0132025
6.6% 1y 9.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Gross value added
€672M2024
8.6% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€672M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€100M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€102M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€85M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€50M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€93M
2024 · EU pctl 0
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)
16,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,100
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
€88M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€141M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€186M
2024 · EU pctl 2
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€638M
2025 · EU pctl 1
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€32,013
2025 · EU pctl 4
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€205M
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour market
Employment, total persons
27,010
2024 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
5,820
2024 · EU pctl 17
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,320
2024 · EU pctl 13
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
28,500
2025 · EU pctl 5
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,424
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
282
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise deaths
144
2023 · EU pctl 3
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.2%
2023 · EU pctl 99
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · 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)
46,778
2025 · EU pctl 1
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
476 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,283 kt
2025 · EU pctl 6
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).
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
18 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
54
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
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)
42,059
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
15,947
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
9,215
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 59
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
-12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
16.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
526
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
1,118
2024 · EU pctl 11
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 10
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68 · 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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
94.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
194 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
92 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
2022 · EU pctl 19
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.30
2022 · EU pctl 4
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.43
2022 · EU pctl 10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.11
2022 · EU pctl 8
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.73
2022 · EU pctl 86
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.126/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 29
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 19
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
110 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 12
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