NUTS-3 SI033 · Slovenia
Koroška
Export region data (CSV)Koroška generates €1.6bn of GDP across 70.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 33.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (85.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (17th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
33.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.8
Livability40.7
Market access37
Economic scale4
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability29
Diversification24
Demographic stability38
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access46
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
40.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy26.5
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety85.3
Connectivity17
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
53.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 38.9%Diversified · HHI 2444
Agriculture 4%Industry 38.9%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.2%Public · health · education 18.4%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,420M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€56M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€552M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€490M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€82M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€224M
2024 · EU pctl 3
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)
25,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 25
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,700
2024 · EU pctl 24
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)
€137M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — information & communication (J)
€22M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€244M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€262M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,890
2024 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
6,990
2024 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,520
2024 · EU pctl 27
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)
5,095
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
506
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise deaths
288
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
145,582
2025 · EU pctl 7
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
592 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
43,654
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged 65+
16,872
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
9,832
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of total population change
-1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
573
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
802
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
2024 · EU pctl 96
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 27
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
78.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
328 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
465 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
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