NUTS-3 SK031 · Slovakia
Žilinský kraj
Žilinský kraj generates €15bn of GDP across 686.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (56.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (9.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard15 → 20 EU percentile since 1995 (+5 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 advantage82
Growth momentum72
Industrial base60
Labour market53
Demographic outlook50
Resilience41
Energy cost37
Governance30
Freight intensity29
Air quality28
Quality of life27
Economic base27
Talent & skills27
Connectivity20
Digital readiness18
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)
52.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.8
Livability27.3
Market access37
Economic scale73
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)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability8
Diversification85
Demographic stability35
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)
20
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access15
Market access37
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)
26.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary15
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers11
Scientists & engineers23
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.8 µg/m³
PM1020.5 µg/m³
NO211.2 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)
27.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy22.5
Jobs44.5
Education16.5
Health9.5
Safety56.7
Connectivity13
Environment28.3
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
71.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.3 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 · 23.5%Diversified · HHI 2031
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 23.5%Construction 13.7%Trade · transport · ICT 20.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23%Public · health · education 18%
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)
€14,715M2024
7.1% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,899M2025
0.8% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Population
686,0632025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Unemployment rate
5.4%2025
86.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Employment
324,9002024
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€47,6332025
5.2% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Gross value added
€13,315M2024
6.0% 1y 6.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,315M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,134M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,607M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€1,828M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,773M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,500
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,300
2024 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,819M
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€953M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,959M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,233M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — information & communication (J)
€609M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,060M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,402M
2024 · EU pctl 68
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,899M
2025 · EU pctl 71
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,633
2025 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,899M
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
324,900
2024 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
56,570
2024 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
78,120
2023 · EU pctl 96
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.1%
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
358,400
2025 · EU pctl 89
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
90,210
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
9,533
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
11,266
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.5%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,113,975
2024 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
467 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,424 kt
2025 · EU pctl 74
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
17 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
98
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
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)
453,847
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
124,209
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
108,007
2025 · EU pctl 89
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.4%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
5,650
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
6,547
2024 · EU pctl 84
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.2%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
525,205
2100 · EU pctl 82
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
593 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,714 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
274 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · 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)
580 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
113 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 82
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 42
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 60
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.0%
2021 · EU pctl 81
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