NUTS-3 SI038 · Slovenia
Primorsko-notranjska
Primorsko-notranjska generates €1.1bn of GDP across 53.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (80.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (15th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard21 → 19 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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 base88
Cost advantage72
Energy cost66
Growth momentum64
Talent & skills58
Resilience51
Quality of life39
Governance36
Labour market33
Demographic outlook32
Connectivity32
Freight intensity22
Digital readiness17
Economic base16
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)
34.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.8
Livability38.8
Market access34
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)
50.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability29
Diversification59
Demographic stability67
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
Airport access49
Market access34
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)
38.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety80.3
Connectivity15
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
63.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 32.1%Diversified · HHI 2197
Agriculture 5.6%Industry 32.1%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.1%Public · health · education 18.8%
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)
€1,097M2024
3.1% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€900M2025
1.0% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Population
53,8262025
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
0.0% 1y 13.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
21,0902024
2.8% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Productivity / employee
€54,6202025
5.0% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€971M2024
2.6% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€971M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€311M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€292M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€45M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€174M
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
23,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 16
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,300
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
€102M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€205M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€183M
2024 · EU pctl 2
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€900M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,620
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€267M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
21,090
2024 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
5,410
2024 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,010
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,400
2025 · EU pctl 3
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,157
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise births
386
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
313
2023 · EU pctl 14
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
261,657
2025 · EU pctl 16
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
592 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
929 kt
2025 · EU pctl 3
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
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
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.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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)
33,520
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
12,432
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged under 15
7,874
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 52
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of total population change
-5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
378
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
631
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
38 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 11
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,602
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
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)
823 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.6%
2021 · EU pctl 31
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