NUTS-3 SI038 · Slovenia
Primorsko-notranjska
Export region data (CSV)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 (15.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.8
Livability38.9
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)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
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)
38.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs43
Education38.5
Health34
Safety80.3
Connectivity15.5
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).
All indicators · 67 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
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
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
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 15
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
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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 33
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
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
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
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
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