NUTS-3 HR033 · Croatia
Zadarska županija
Export region data (CSV)Zadarska županija generates €3.0bn of GDP across 165.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (65th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (11.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth87.6
Livability31.6
Market access5
Economic scale15
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability13
Diversification77
Demographic stability75
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access81
Market access5
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.57.2 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
31.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy16.5
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety59.7
Connectivity11.5
Environment65
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
87.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 28.1%Diversified · HHI 2094
Agriculture 4.2%Industry 9.4%Construction 12.9%Trade · transport · ICT 23.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.1%Public · health · education 22%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,483M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€233M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€160M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€320M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€579M
2024 · EU pctl 19
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)
25,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,100
2024 · EU pctl 16
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)
€372M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — information & communication (J)
€36M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€699M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€547M
2024 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
71,070
2024 · EU pctl 29
Self-employed persons
12,270
2024 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,950
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
10,754
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise births
1,630
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise deaths
567
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 74
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2008 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
6 /M pop
2008 · EU pctl 15
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)
10,461,110
2024 · EU pctl 95
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.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
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)
101,869
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
40,499
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
23,398
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of total population change
15.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
1,512
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
2,121
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.62
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
483 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
75 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
257 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
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 45
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