NUTS-3 HR031 · Croatia
Primorsko-goranska županija
Export region data (CSV)Primorsko-goranska županija generates €6.7bn of GDP across 266k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (56.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth75
Livability30.4
Market access25
Economic scale43
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)
20.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability13
Diversification34
Demographic stability26
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density24
Airport access90
Market access25
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)
36.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning12
Knowledge workers56
Scientists & engineers20
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
55
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1014.1 µg/m³
NO213.3 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
30.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy34
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety42.3
Connectivity12
Environment56.3
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
75
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.9 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 34.2%Diversified · HHI 2354
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 18.4%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 34.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.4%Public · health · education 18.7%
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).
All indicators · 72 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,546M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€50M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,020M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€902M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — construction (F)
€360M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,895M
2024 · EU pctl 61
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,000
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,200
2024 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,641M
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€658M
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,216M
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€573M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — information & communication (J)
€164M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,186M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,035M
2024 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
126,030
2024 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
18,100
2024 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,550
2024 · EU pctl 43
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,226
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise births
2,497
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
1,272
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 66
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2011 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M pop
2011 · EU pctl 9
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.1%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
15,410,030
2024 · EU pctl 97
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
549 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 31 · 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.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
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)
163,527
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
70,753
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
31,710
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.3%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Live births
1,715
2024 · EU pctl 47
Deaths
3,758
2024 · EU pctl 61
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
2024 · EU pctl 21
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 29
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
546 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,391 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
295 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
238 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
439 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
75 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
881 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 42
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 55
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
73
2024 · EU pctl 96
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