NUTS-3 SK042 · Slovakia
Košický kraj
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 (10.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard16 → 18 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 advantage87
Demographic outlook79
Growth momentum65
Industrial base65
Freight intensity40
Energy cost37
Resilience36
Governance30
Talent & skills28
Air quality23
Economic base21
Quality of life21
Connectivity20
Labour market15
Digital readiness15
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)
45.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.4
Livability20.7
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)
20
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
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)
20.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy17
Jobs11.5
Education14
Health10.5
Safety58.3
Connectivity10.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€15,508M2024
4.2% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,680M2025
0.8% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Population
778,7992025
0.0% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Unemployment rate
9.5%2025
11.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Employment
292,3902024
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Productivity / employee
€55,7782025
5.2% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Gross value added
€14,031M2024
3.2% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,680M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,778
2025 · EU pctl 22
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,584M
2025 · EU pctl 65
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
375,700
2025 · EU pctl 90
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 10 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,341 kt
2025 · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
10 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
710,953
2100 · EU pctl 89
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
616 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76 · 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
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)
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
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.4%
2021 · EU pctl 79
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