NUTS-3 SK022 · Slovakia
Trenčiansky kraj
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 (10.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard16 → 18 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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)
Cost advantage85
Industrial base73
Growth momentum63
Labour market54
Energy cost37
Freight intensity36
Resilience30
Governance30
Quality of life30
Talent & skills26
Air quality25
Demographic outlook24
Connectivity24
Economic base19
Digital readiness12
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)
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability19
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
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
Connectivity10.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€11,063M2024
0.8% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,705M2025
0.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Population
565,5722025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
10.0% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
262,5102024
1.0% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Productivity / employee
€44,3232025
5.2% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€10,010M2024
0.1% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,705M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,323
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,362M
2025 · EU pctl 62
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
286,100
2025 · EU pctl 83
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 19 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,906 kt
2025 · EU pctl 73
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
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 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
18 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
343,725
2100 · EU pctl 70
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
468 /100k
2024 · 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
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)
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
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.4%
2021 · EU pctl 82
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