NUTS-3 SK010 · Slovakia
Bratislavský kraj
Bratislavský kraj generates €36bn of GDP across 736.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (95.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (21th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser33 → 76 EU percentile since 1995 (+43 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)
Economic base95
Labour market93
Talent & skills92
Growth momentum78
Demographic outlook75
Digital readiness74
Cost advantage67
Connectivity61
Resilience59
Quality of life56
Energy cost37
Governance30
Air quality26
Industrial base24
Freight intensity16
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)
70.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth78.4
Livability56.2
Market access55
Economic scale92
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability69
Labour stability46
Diversification21
Demographic stability100
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)
60.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access87
Market access55
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)
92
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary91
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers98
Scientists & engineers93
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512 µg/m³
PM1019.4 µg/m³
NO213.9 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)
56.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64
Jobs95.5
Education78.5
Health21
Safety51.3
Connectivity57
Environment26
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
78.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 33.9%Diversified · HHI 2487
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 13.6%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 27.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.9%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)
€36,497M2024
6.8% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,003M2025
0.8% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
736,3852025
0.5% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
2.5%2025
13.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
478,0302024
1.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€80,2942025
5.2% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Gross value added
€33,022M2024
5.7% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€33,022M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€231M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,504M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,648M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€1,656M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,054M
2024 · EU pctl 94
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,700
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,800
2024 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,259M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,651M
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,711M
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,005M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,013M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€11,198M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,380M
2024 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,003M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,294
2025 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,779M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Employment, total persons
478,030
2024 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
47,780
2024 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,510
2023 · EU pctl 89
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.6%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
402,800
2025 · EU pctl 91
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
155,001
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
18,570
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
20,939
2023 · EU pctl 99
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
14.3%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
55.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.2%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.6%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,607,211
2024 · EU pctl 75
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
681 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,424 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,143
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
75 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
291
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,592
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
137,868
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
122,925
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
6,071
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
6,348
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
863,143
2100 · EU pctl 92
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
589 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,412 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
261 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
2022 · EU pctl 30
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
2022 · EU pctl 30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.59
2022 · EU pctl 30
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.38
2022 · EU pctl 14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 68
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.160/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 63
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.063/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 90
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
569 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 79
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 60
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 63
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.4%
2021 · EU pctl 90
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