NUTS-3 HR037 · Croatia
Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija
Export region data (CSV)Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija generates €2.6bn of GDP across 116.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (46.7th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
29
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth78
Livability25.1
Market access2
Economic scale11
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)
15
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability13
Diversification5
Demographic stability40
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)
15.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density20
Airport access24
Market access2
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)
25.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy25.5
Jobs27.5
Education22.5
Health18.5
Safety46.7
Connectivity10
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
78
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 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 · 44.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2980
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 3.5%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 44.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 20.9%
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)
€2,117M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€75M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€23M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — construction (F)
€162M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€938M
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
30,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,000
2024 · EU pctl 22
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)
€264M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — information & communication (J)
€57M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€476M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€443M
2024 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,090
2024 · EU pctl 20
Self-employed persons
8,860
2024 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,790
2024 · EU pctl 5
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)
8,275
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
1,081
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise deaths
372
2023 · EU pctl 18
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 44
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2008 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
8 /M pop
2008 · EU pctl 18
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)
8,293,708
2024 · EU pctl 93
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.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
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)
71,788
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
27,459
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
17,146
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
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
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
1,034
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
1,316
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
66 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 25
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
67.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
159 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
75 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
308 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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