NUTS-3 HR034 · Croatia
Šibensko-kninska županija
Export region data (CSV)Šibensko-kninska županija generates €1.6bn of GDP across 95.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (41.3th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (14.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
26.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth74.2
Livability23.8
Market access3
Economic scale5
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability13
Diversification50
Demographic stability20
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access63
Market access3
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
23.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy14.5
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety41.3
Connectivity18.5
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
74.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 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. · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2251
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 13.8%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 25%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%Public · health · education 25.2%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,365M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€188M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€140M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€342M
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
24,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,200
2024 · EU pctl 14
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)
€238M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€371M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€344M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
39,100
2024 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
6,820
2024 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,610
2024 · EU pctl 10
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)
5,731
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
736
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise deaths
366
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2011 · EU pctl 11
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
11 /M pop
2011 · EU pctl 21
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)
5,129,730
2024 · EU pctl 87
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.
260
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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)
56,431
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
27,411
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
12,056
2025 · EU pctl 12
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 81
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
767
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,437
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.9%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
255 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
75 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
232 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
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