Drava Statistical Region

The Drava Statistical Region^[2][3][4] (Slovene: podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for the production of hydroelectricity and the fertile land around it is used for agriculture. The share of job vacancies in all available jobs is among the highest in Slovenia and the region has a positive net migration rate but a very high natural decrease, which means an overall decrease in the population.

Drava Statistical Region podravska statistična regija
Statistical region
Municipalities	41
Largest city	Maribor
Area
• Total	2,170 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	325,994
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Statistics
• Households	133,789
• Employed	104,446
• Registered unemployed	20,061
• College/university students	11,887
• Regional GDP (2019):	EUR 6,135 bn (EUR 18,887 per capita)
HDI (2022)	0.898[1] very high · 7th

Cities and towns

The Drava Statistical Region includes six cities and towns, the largest of which is Maribor.^[5]

Rank	Name	Population (2022)[6]
1.	Maribor	96,302
2.	Ptuj	17,880
3.	Slovenska Bistrica	8,181
4.	Ruše	4,179
5.	Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah	3,412
6.	Ormož	1,914

Administrative divisions

The Drava Statistical Region comprises the following 41 municipalities:

• Benedikt
• Cerkvenjak
• Cirkulane
• Destrnik
• Dornava
• Duplek
• Gorišnica
• Hajdina
• Hoče–Slivnica
• Juršinci
• Kidričevo
• Kungota
• Lenart
• Lovrenc na Pohorju
• Majšperk
• Makole
• Maribor
• Markovci
• Miklavž na Dravskem Polju
• Oplotnica
• Ormož
• Pesnica
• Podlehnik
• Poljčane
• Ptuj
• Rače–Fram
• Ruše
• Selnica ob Dravi
• Šentilj
• Slovenska Bistrica
• Središče ob Dravi
• Starše
• Sveta Ana
• Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah
• Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah
• Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah
• Sveti Tomaž
• Trnovska Vas
• Videm
• Zavrč
• Žetale

Demographics

The population in 2020 was 325,994. It has a total area of 2,170 km².

Economy

Employment structure: 63.4% services, 35.8% industry, 0.8% agriculture.

Tourism

It attracts only 3.2% of the total number of tourists in Slovenia, most being from foreign countries (68.9%).

Transportation

• Length of motorways: 132.7 km
• Length of other roads: 6,422.9 km