NUTS-3 SI032 · Slovenia
Podravska
Export region data (CSV)Podravska generates €8.6bn of GDP across 331.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (66.7th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (11.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.8
Livability35.4
Market access37
Economic scale54
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability29
Diversification76
Demographic stability65
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access42
Market access37
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary46
Lifelong learning87
Knowledge workers51
Scientists & engineers46
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)
21
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513 µg/m³
PM1019.3 µg/m³
NO216 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)
35.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32.5
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety66.7
Connectivity11.5
Environment21.7
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
69.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.3 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 · 25.5%Diversified · HHI 2099
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 25.5%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 18.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.6%Public · health · education 21.4%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,646M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€148M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,952M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,654M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€672M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,435M
2024 · EU pctl 50
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,700
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,100
2024 · EU pctl 29
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,367M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,605M
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,558M
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€659M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — information & communication (J)
€220M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,801M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,639M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
158,130
2024 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
31,690
2024 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,620
2024 · EU pctl 75
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.8%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.3%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,888
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,875
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
1,654
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 81
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.0%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.4%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
954,087
2025 · EU pctl 52
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
592 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 46 · 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.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
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)
211,563
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
75,664
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
44,588
2025 · EU pctl 62
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
2,396
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
3,646
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
338 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,141 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
285 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
808 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
230 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 78
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 72
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 27
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