NUTS-3 HR064 · Croatia
Krapinsko-zagorska županija
Krapinsko-zagorska županija generates €1.7bn of GDP across 119.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (63.7th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard13 → 7 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base92
Cost advantage91
Growth momentum72
Energy cost71
Freight intensity63
Air quality45
Connectivity40
Quality of life34
Labour market29
Resilience27
Talent & skills15
Governance12
Economic base8
Digital readiness2
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
35.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth72
Livability34
Market access31
Economic scale5
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability35
Diversification39
Demographic stability23
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)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access65
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.3 µg/m³
PM1017.6 µg/m³
NO24.3 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)
34
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs58.5
Education37
Health12
Safety63.7
Connectivity12.5
Environment45.7
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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 · 36.5%Diversified · HHI 2316
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 36.5%Construction 10.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.2%Public · health · education 19.9%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,694M2024
4.5% 1y 8.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,341M2025
3.4% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Population
119,3202025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
6.3% 1y 10.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
55,5602024
3.2% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Productivity / employee
€32,5332025
6.7% 1y 10.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Gross value added
€1,405M2024
3.6% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,405M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€513M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€473M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€143M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€233M
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
19,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 8
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,200
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
€125M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — information & communication (J)
€18M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€200M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€280M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,341M
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€32,533
2025 · EU pctl 4
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€429M
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,560
2024 · EU pctl 20
Self-employed persons
6,810
2024 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,330
2024 · EU pctl 45
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
56,900
2025 · EU pctl 19
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,416
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise births
559
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
249
2023 · EU pctl 9
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 7 · 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)
481,451
2025 · EU pctl 31
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
500 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,094 kt
2025 · EU pctl 29
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
31 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
77,278
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
26,127
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
15,915
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
910
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,685
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
465 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48 · 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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
97.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
117 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
2022 · EU pctl 19
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.30
2022 · EU pctl 4
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.43
2022 · EU pctl 10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.11
2022 · EU pctl 8
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.73
2022 · EU pctl 86
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.126/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 29
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 19
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
192 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 71
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
67
2024 · EU pctl 91
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.6%
2021 · EU pctl 14
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