NUTS-3 HR065 · Croatia
Zagrebačka županija
Export region data (CSV)Zagrebačka županija generates €6.0bn of GDP across 310k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +12.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (81.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth85.8
Livability36.4
Market access31
Economic scale38
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability34
Diversification71
Demographic stability78
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 density28
Airport access69
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)
36.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18.5
Jobs58.5
Education37
Health12
Safety81.7
Connectivity15
Environment32
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
85.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+12.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 34.7%Diversified · HHI 2129
Agriculture 6.9%Industry 19%Construction 12.7%Trade · transport · ICT 34.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 13%Public · health · education 13.8%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,997M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€343M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€948M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€830M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€637M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,732M
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
27,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,500
2024 · EU pctl 19
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)
€310M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — information & communication (J)
€102M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€649M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€687M
2024 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
147,580
2024 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
13,520
2024 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,840
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
16,743
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise births
2,047
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise deaths
776
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
298,611
2024 · EU pctl 18
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.
350
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
113
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
198,280
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged 65+
67,461
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged under 15
44,223
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
2,652
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
3,603
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
738 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 68
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
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