NUTS-3 SI042 · Slovenia
Gorenjska
Gorenjska generates €5.6bn of GDP across 209.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (74th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (12th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard23 → 28 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 base88
Talent & skills82
Cost advantage69
Energy cost66
Growth momentum65
Labour market57
Freight intensity51
Quality of life48
Connectivity44
Resilience43
Demographic outlook42
Digital readiness42
Economic base39
Governance36
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)
46.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65
Livability47.6
Market access39
Economic scale34
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)
42.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability39
Diversification35
Demographic stability64
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)
43.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access83
Market access39
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)
81.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary70
Lifelong learning93
Knowledge workers84
Scientists & engineers80
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)
47.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs64.5
Education74
Health74
Safety48.3
Connectivity25.5
Environment12
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
65
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.8 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 · 31.9%Diversified · HHI 2346
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 31.9%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.2%Public · health · education 16%
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)
€5,560M2024
1.3% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,485M2025
1.0% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Population
209,9212025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
93,0702024
1.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€62,7322025
5.0% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Gross value added
€4,923M2024
0.8% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,923M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€89M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,571M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,475M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€272M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,309M
2024 · EU pctl 46
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,400
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,500
2024 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,464M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,358M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€20,182M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€409M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — information & communication (J)
€189M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€895M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€787M
2024 · EU pctl 22
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,485M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€62,732
2025 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,138M
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour market
Employment, total persons
93,070
2024 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
19,790
2024 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,660
2024 · EU pctl 67
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,700
2025 · EU pctl 42
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,737
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise births
2,202
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,464
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 79
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.7%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
25.4%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,233,516
2025 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
582 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,040 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
38 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
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)
131,916
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged 65+
46,152
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
31,853
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of total population change
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
1,763
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,029
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
197,882
2100 · EU pctl 45
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
464 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
931 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
287 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
222 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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)
1,205 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
154 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
91
2024 · EU pctl 99
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 34
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