NUTS-3 SI035 · Slovenia
Zasavska
Export region data (CSV)Zasavska generates €981M of GDP across 57.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (83th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (17th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.2
Livability36.6
Market access35
Economic scale2
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)
46.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability29
Diversification72
Demographic stability43
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access67
Market access35
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.5 µg/m³
PM1017.5 µg/m³
NO216.4 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)
36.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety83
Connectivity17
Environment23
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
63.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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 · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2124
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 31.2%Construction 11.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.3%Public · health · education 18%
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)
€869M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€21M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€271M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€243M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€98M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€146M
2024 · EU pctl 1
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)
19,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 8
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,100
2024 · EU pctl 14
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)
€99M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€177M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€156M
2024 · EU pctl 1
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,120
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
4,310
2024 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,260
2024 · EU pctl 9
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)
3,719
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
358
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise deaths
237
2023 · EU pctl 9
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
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)
21,427
2025 · EU pctl 0
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.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,590
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
13,647
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
7,846
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
440
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
663
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
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
3.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
449 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
452 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
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 70
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 73
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
41
2024 · EU pctl 3
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