NUTS-3 HR050 · Croatia
Grad Zagreb
Export region data (CSV)Grad Zagreb generates €29bn of GDP across 777.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +8.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (83.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (1.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth72.8
Livability46.1
Market access31
Economic scale89
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability23
Labour stability36
Diversification15
Demographic stability49
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)
54.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access96
Market access31
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)
85.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary95
Lifelong learning56
Knowledge workers100
Scientists & engineers91
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)
1.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1027.2 µg/m³
NO233.2 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)
46.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy55
Jobs76.5
Education83.5
Health18.5
Safety61.7
Connectivity26
Environment1.5
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
72.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.7 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 · 35.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2590
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 11.3%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 35.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 21.6%
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)
€24,145M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,735M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,100M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€1,181M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,652M
2024 · EU pctl 93
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€13,100
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 91
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,500
2024 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,329M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€461M
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,255M
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,092M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,634M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,332M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,213M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
387,180
2024 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
32,030
2024 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,510
2024 · EU pctl 82
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
67,348
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
8,203
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
3,641
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
12.2%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
51.7%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
41.8%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.0%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,646,443
2024 · EU pctl 75
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
511 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · 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.
2,101
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
270
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
502,831
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
161,220
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
113,308
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 19
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
6,862
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
8,635
2024 · EU pctl 92
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
12.4%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
707 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,456 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
310 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
453 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
113 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 97
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
33
2024 · EU pctl 100
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
39
2024 · EU pctl 2
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