NUTS-3 HR036 · Croatia
Istarska županija
Export region data (CSV)Istarska županija generates €5.1bn of GDP across 204.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (85th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth88.6
Livability35.1
Market access28
Economic scale31
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)
28.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability13
Diversification11
Demographic stability87
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)
42.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density24
Airport access76
Market access28
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)
84
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.56 µg/m³
PM1012.1 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)
35.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy33.5
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety47
Connectivity12
Environment85
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
88.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 41.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2669
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 14.2%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 41.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 15%
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)
€4,214M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€33M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€598M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€437M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€308M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,766M
2024 · EU pctl 58
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)
34,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 57
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,900
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)
€512M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — information & communication (J)
€222M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€877M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€632M
2024 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,800
2024 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
19,660
2024 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,600
2024 · EU pctl 40
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)
19,389
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
2,357
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
976
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2009 · EU pctl 6
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M pop
2009 · 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)
27,881,797
2024 · EU pctl 99
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.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
128,570
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged 65+
50,759
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
25,380
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
18.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
23.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
1,405
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
2,510
2024 · EU pctl 42
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
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 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
353 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
487 /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)
402 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 20
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