NUTS-3 SI032 · Slovenia
Podravska
Podravska generates €8.6bn of GDP across 331.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49/100 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 (11th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard21 → 26 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)
Cost advantage72
Growth momentum70
Industrial base68
Energy cost66
Talent & skills58
Resilience53
Demographic outlook40
Economic base37
Governance36
Quality of life35
Freight intensity35
Labour market33
Connectivity28
Air quality21
Digital readiness17
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)
49
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.8
Livability35.3
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
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)
35.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32.5
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety66.7
Connectivity11
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€8,636M2024
6.7% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,080M2025
1.0% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Population
331,8152025
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Unemployment rate
4.2%2025
2.4% 1y 9.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Employment
158,1302024
1.5% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Productivity / employee
€57,3472025
5.0% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Gross value added
€7,646M2024
6.2% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,080M
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,347
2025 · EU pctl 23
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,101M
2025 · EU pctl 57
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
160,300
2025 · EU pctl 63
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 40 · 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.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,482 kt
2025 · EU pctl 52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
293,671
2100 · EU pctl 64
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
340 /100k
2024 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.26
2022 · EU pctl 39
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.74
2022 · EU pctl 31
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.92
2022 · EU pctl 31
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.75
2022 · EU pctl 31
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.77
2022 · EU pctl 87
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.132/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 34
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 43
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
49.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 38
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