NUTS-3 SK022 · Slovakia
Trenčiansky kraj
Export region data (CSV)Trenčiansky kraj generates €11bn of GDP across 565.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (66.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (11th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.6
Livability29.6
Market access43
Economic scale64
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)
30
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability18
Diversification41
Demographic stability16
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access20
Market access43
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)
26.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary32
Lifelong learning51
Knowledge workers8
Scientists & engineers14
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.5 µg/m³
PM1019.1 µg/m³
NO213.7 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)
29.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy17
Jobs66.5
Education18.5
Health11
Safety57.7
Connectivity11
Environment25.7
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
62.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.4 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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2306
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 27.8%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 10.7%Public · health · education 25.4%
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 · 72 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,010M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€184M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,783M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,340M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — construction (F)
€755M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,676M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,900
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,400
2024 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,200M
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,104M
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€15,474M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€139M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — information & communication (J)
€312M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,073M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,540M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
262,510
2024 · EU pctl 82
Self-employed persons
36,470
2024 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
84,690
2023 · EU pctl 97
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.0%
2020 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
60,931
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
6,833
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise deaths
7,994
2023 · EU pctl 94
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
11 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 21
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.1%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,236,637
2024 · EU pctl 58
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
528 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · 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.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
367,478
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged 65+
118,790
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged under 15
79,304
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
2025 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
3,727
2024 · EU pctl 76
Deaths
6,122
2024 · EU pctl 82
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
126 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
467 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,707 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
271 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
54.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
83.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
440 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
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 77
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 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 27
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