NUTS-3 SI044 · Slovenia
Obalno-kraška
Obalno-kraška generates €3.5bn of GDP across 119.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.6/100 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 digital connectivity (25th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable25 → 31 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Freight intensity89
Talent & skills82
Cost advantage69
Growth momentum69
Energy cost66
Labour market57
Demographic outlook54
Quality of life52
Economic base50
Digital readiness42
Resilience41
Governance36
Connectivity34
Air quality34
Industrial base20
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)
43.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth68.6
Livability51.7
Market access35
Economic scale19
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability29
Labour stability39
Diversification16
Demographic stability80
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access60
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)
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.3 µg/m³
PM1015 µg/m³
NO215 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)
51.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40.5
Jobs64.5
Education74
Health74
Safety48.7
Connectivity25
Environment35.3
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
68.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 39.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2572
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 12.5%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 39.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.3%Public · health · education 19.3%
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)
€3,453M2024
2.2% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,786M2025
1.0% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Population
119,6272025
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 7.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
57,8102024
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Productivity / employee
€62,7392025
5.0% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Gross value added
€3,058M2024
1.7% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,058M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€38M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€381M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€306M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,217M
2024 · EU pctl 43
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)
33,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 50
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,900
2024 · EU pctl 35
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)
€228M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — information & communication (J)
€81M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€620M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€591M
2024 · EU pctl 13
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,786M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€62,739
2025 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€707M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,810
2024 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
12,220
2024 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,910
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
58,300
2025 · EU pctl 20
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,189
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise births
1,524
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
1,622
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.6%
2023 · EU pctl 100
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)
3,434,373
2025 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
582 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · 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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,295 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
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).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
74,807
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
28,927
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
15,893
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
777
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,196
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 46
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
99,139
2100 · EU pctl 18
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
260 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,242 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
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)
478 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 53
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
69
2024 · EU pctl 93
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
9.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 4
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