NUTS-3 SI043 · Slovenia
Goriška
Export region data (CSV)Goriška generates €3.3bn of GDP across 118.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (74th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63
Livability50.9
Market access40
Economic scale18
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)
44
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability38
Labour stability39
Diversification54
Demographic stability45
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)
51.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access63
Market access40
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)
50.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38.5
Jobs64.5
Education74
Health74
Safety56.3
Connectivity42
Environment7
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 32.9%Diversified · HHI 2226
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 32.9%Construction 7.8%Trade · transport · ICT 18.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.4%Public · health · education 20.7%
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)
€2,931M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€77M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€963M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€808M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€545M
2024 · EU pctl 17
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)
31,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 46
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,000
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
€234M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — information & communication (J)
€75M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€510M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€608M
2024 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,400
2024 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
13,640
2024 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,250
2024 · EU pctl 42
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,286
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
1,046
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise deaths
763
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
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
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)
1,491,187
2025 · EU pctl 62
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
582 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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)
71,726
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
29,549
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
16,821
2025 · EU pctl 21
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
965
2024 · EU pctl 24
Deaths
1,303
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.76
2024 · EU pctl 97
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 17
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.1%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
478 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 50 · 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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
798 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
643 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 93
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
66
2024 · EU pctl 91
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