NUTS-3 SI035 · Slovenia
Zasavska
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard20 → 14 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Industrial base84
Cost advantage72
Energy cost66
Growth momentum63
Talent & skills58
Connectivity51
Resilience47
Quality of life37
Governance36
Labour market33
Air quality22
Freight intensity20
Digital readiness17
Demographic outlook13
Economic base8
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)
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€981M2024
4.1% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€804M2025
1.1% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Population
57,0832025
0.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
2.5% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
18,1202024
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Productivity / employee
€56,8592025
5.0% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Gross value added
€869M2024
3.6% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€804M
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€56,859
2025 · EU pctl 23
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€239M
2025 · EU pctl 3
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,000
2025 · EU pctl 4
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
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)
21,427
2025 · EU pctl 0
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
592 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
917 kt
2025 · EU pctl 3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 57 · 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 49
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,769
2100 · EU pctl 3
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
0.0 /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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
10.8%
2021 · EU pctl 88
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