NUTS-3 HR035 · Croatia
Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Export region data (CSV)Splitsko-dalmatinska županija generates €7.8bn of GDP across 430.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +10.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (51th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (9th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth82.8
Livability23.4
Market access4
Economic scale50
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)
22
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability13
Diversification20
Demographic stability48
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)
30
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density18
Airport access68
Market access4
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)
18
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1018.8 µg/m³
NO220.1 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)
23.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy16.5
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety51
Connectivity9
Environment18.5
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
82.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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 · 35%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2501
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 7.4%Construction 8.6%Trade · transport · ICT 35%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 23%
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)
€6,471M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€71M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — industry (B–E)
€481M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€321M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€558M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,262M
2024 · EU pctl 67
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)
25,400 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)
€783M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — information & communication (J)
€282M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,612M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,486M
2024 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
184,530
2024 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
27,950
2024 · EU pctl 68
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,760
2024 · EU pctl 51
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)
27,987
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
3,652
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
1,506
2023 · EU pctl 61
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 16
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
4 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 11
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)
18,266,025
2024 · EU pctl 98
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.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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)
271,200
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
97,995
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
61,331
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 32
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
3,820
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
4,921
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
124 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
320 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
75 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
391 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 76
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
93
2024 · EU pctl 100
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