NUTS-3 SK042 · Slovakia
Košický kraj
Export region data (CSV)Košický kraj generates €16bn of GDP across 778.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (58.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.4
Livability20.6
Market access22
Economic scale75
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability14
Diversification74
Demographic stability18
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)
19.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access32
Market access22
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)
27.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary27
Lifelong learning58
Knowledge workers18
Scientists & engineers7
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)
22.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.516.9 µg/m³
PM1024.6 µg/m³
NO211.5 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)
20.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy17
Jobs11.5
Education14
Health10.5
Safety58.3
Connectivity10
Environment23
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
65.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.1 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 · 27.4%Diversified · HHI 2114
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 21.4%Construction 9.9%Trade · transport · ICT 27.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23%Public · health · education 16.5%
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)
€14,031M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,997M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,895M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€1,384M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,850M
2024 · EU pctl 82
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,300
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,800
2024 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,308M
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€826M
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,472M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,675M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,195M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,233M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,321M
2024 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
292,390
2024 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
40,070
2024 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,010
2023 · EU pctl 88
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.3%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,160
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise births
8,770
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise deaths
9,935
2023 · EU pctl 95
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 18
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 8
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.5%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.9%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
867,090
2024 · EU pctl 49
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
419 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
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)
508,542
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
136,052
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
134,205
2025 · EU pctl 93
Median age of population
41.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 8
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
7,851
2024 · EU pctl 93
Deaths
7,446
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.1%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
623 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,695 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
265 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
225 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
194 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 92
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 44
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 84
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