Maribor is second largest city in:
Republic of Slovenia
Political system:
Parliamentary democracy
International code:
SI / SLO / SVN
Area: 148 km2
Population: 113,250
Capital: Ljubljana
Average net salary: 1,256.39 €
Business centres: Maribor, Ljubljana, Celje, Kranj, Koper
Official language: Slovenian
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Member of: EU, WTO, OECD, NATO, OSCE, UN
Employment rate (%)
2020 → 57.2
2021 → 58.4
2022 → 60.8
2023 → 61.5
GDP per capita, Slovenia, annually (€)
2020 → 22,227
2021 → 24,682
2022 → 26,979
2023 → 30,158
2024 → 31,490
GDP Annual volume change (%)
2020 → -4.1
2021 → 8.4
2022 → 2.7
2023 → 2.1
2024 → 1.6
GDP Current prices (mio €)
2020 → 46,739
2021 → 52,023
2022 → 56,909
2023 → 63,951
2024 → 66,968
Inflation (average of monthly indexes – %)
2021 → 1.9
2022 → 8.8
2023 → 7.5
2024 → 2
Sources: Government of RS; SURS; UMAR
Maribor is the economic, business, administrative and educational centre of the Podravje development region and is closely connected with it.
The Podravje region unites 41 municipalities and is the second largest development region in Slovenia in terms of population. In economic terms, the Podravje development region is extremely strong. There are 57 business-production zones in the region and most companies are engaged in production (metal and food) activity.
Edvard Rusjan Internati onal Ai rport, only 11 km away from the Maribor city centre, also represents a great development opportunity for the region. The passenger terminal was completely renovated a few years ago. It is an excellent basis for the development of logistics, tourism and other aviation-related activities. For this reason, the area around the airport is planned to enable further development of various strategic activities in the near future. These include logistics, tourism, hospitality, aircraft maintenance and others.
Photo credits: Muzej narodne osvoboditve Maribor, Narodni dom Maribor, SNG Maribor, Marko Pigac, Zavod za turizem Maribor, Štajerska, Pohorje Slovenia, Luka Šulić personal archive, Iztok Kramberger personal archive
