Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

undefinedCapital: Rijeka

Area: 3588 km2

Population: 296.123

Demographic profile:
Average age: 41
Gender: 51.2% women; 48.8% men

Educational qualification structure: higher education qualifications 14.5%; secondary school qualifications 54.1%, primary education 18.5%

Administrations: 14 cities, 22 municipalities

Economy

GDP percapita: 12 305 €

Unemployment rate: 14,2%

Average gross salary (monthly): 946 €

Export and import data: export: 2,617,843 000 HRK; import: 4,915,893 000 HRK

Key export products: products related to the shipbuilding industry, wood industry, metal products, chemicals

Companies registered for international business: Transadria ltd., Špedtrans World ltd., Lagermax Timesped ltd.

Key sectors:

  • trade
  • processing industry
  • transport and storage
  • construction
  • accommodation facilities and catering
  • technical, scientific and technical activities.

Trends in the economy: small and medium companies are the drivers of the County's economy in terms of revenues and number of employed persons, services sector and private ownership dominate the economic activities of the County;

Investments in the economy in the recent years:

  • trade (repair of motor vehicles and household appliances)
  • processing industry (13%)
  • electric energy, gas and water supply (10%)
  • real estate sector, rent and business services (10%)
  • hotels and restaurants (9%)
  • construction (7%)
  • transport, storage and connections (6%)

Structure and level of education: is in line with the national structure: secondary education, higher education, qualified workers, low educated workers, highly qualified workers, semi-qualified workers

Manufacturing sector

Key sectors: shipbuilding, manufacturing of metal products, production of electrical machines and devices, production of chemicals and chemical products, wood industry

Employment: 20,000

Overview of the most significant companies: shipyard Viktor Lenac, Jadran-galenski laboratorij jsc., shpyard Kraljevica, Dina petrokemija jsc.

Services sector

Key sectors: trade, transport and storage, accommodation and catering, technical and scientific activities

Employment: 33,000

Overview of the most important companies: Jadrolinija, Plodine jsc., Luka Rijeka jsc., Liburnia Riviera hotels

New economy

Examples: Rijeka University (Faculty of medicine), ICT Cluster GRIT

Institutions - drivers of research and development:

  • Technological-Innovation Centre ltd. Rijeka
  • Scientific-Technological Park of the University of Rijeka STEP-Ri ltd.
  • Innovation-Entrepreneurship Centre Rijeka
  • Technology Transfer Department, University of Rijeka
  • Technological Centre, Rijeka
  • Teh - nova ltd.
  • Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer
  • Centre for Technology Transfer
  • Welding Centre (laboratory) within the Saipem Medeteranean – Eni Group

Creativity and technology: Kreativni odjel ltd.

Business infrastructure

Technological centres/parks:

  • Scientific and Technological Park, University of Rijeka, STEP-Ri ltd.
  • Technological-Innovation Centre ltd. Rijeka (TIC)
  • Technological Centre Rijeka, Teh-nova ltd.
  • Centre for Innovations and Technology Transfer
  • Centre for Technology Transfer
  • Business Centre Vrbovsko
  • Business Centre Vinodol

Business zones: 24 business zones

Business incubators:

  • Regional Development Agency PORIN ltd. (Business incubator for service activities Torpedo, Business incubator for manufacturing activities Rujevica)
  • Business incubator Skrad (PINS) ltd.
  • Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Rijeka, STEP Ri ltd.
  • Technological-Innovation Centre ltd. Rijeka (TIC)

Traffic infrastructure

The County has four airports, 55 ports of county and local importance, corridors of national and international importance: coastal sea and islands corridor connecting Central European countries with southern Croatia and Sout East European Countries, transversal corridor North-South (Danube river – Adriatic Sea) connecting Adriatic and Mediterranean sea maritime routs, traffic junction Rijeka, port of Rijeka

Education

Higher education institutions:

  • University of Rijeka with 10 faculties and three colleges
  • Polytechnics in Rijeka
  • Catholic Faculty of Theology
  • Institute for history and social sciences of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts

Other: 34 high schools, 3 secondary art schools, 8 primary music schools, primary ballet school, primary and secondary schools and institutions for education of children with disabilities, primary and secondary schools providing education in minority languages (for children of Italian, Serb, Czech and Macedonian minority)

Further information about the County

Primorje-Gorski kotar County
Regional Development Agency PORIN
Primorje-Gorski kotar County Brochure (PDF, 1.05Mb)
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County - business zones