NUTS-3 HR061 · Croatia
Međimurska županija
Export region data (CSV)Međimurska županija generates €1.9bn of GDP across 105k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (58.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (11th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
35.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth72.6
Livability31.9
Market access31
Economic scale6
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability34
Diversification21
Demographic stability28
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density20
Airport access24
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)
14.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary23
Lifelong learning3
Knowledge workers15
Scientists & engineers17
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)
31.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs58.5
Education37
Health12
Safety57.3
Connectivity11
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
72.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.0 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: Industry · 41.1%Diversified · HHI 2476
Agriculture 8.4%Industry 41.1%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 13.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 15.2%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,564M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€132M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€642M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€599M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€81M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€208M
2024 · EU pctl 3
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,800
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,000
2024 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,296M
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,033M
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,092M
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€147M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€263M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€237M
2024 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,120
2024 · EU pctl 14
Self-employed persons
4,650
2024 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,140
2024 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
12.6%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,062
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
526
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
294
2023 · EU pctl 13
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.6%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
224,739
2024 · EU pctl 13
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
500 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
65,546
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
23,014
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged under 15
16,443
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
907
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,191
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.6%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
465 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,622 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
305 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
182 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
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