NUTS-3 AT121 · Austria
Population
250,7922025
GDP
€10,170M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
3,356.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT121 · BE231
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Aalst (Opportunity 67). Runner-up: Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen (49). Contrarian pick: Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Talent & skills (91) · Connectivity (71)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (94) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. Aalst
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen · Manufacturing → Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen · Office → Arr. Aalst · Residential → Arr. Aalst.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
49.0
67.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
79.3
71.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.3
64.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
41.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
31.7
71.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.8
90.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.6
50.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.9% 5y
8.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,551
€33,617
Population density
75 /km²
648 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,144M
€9,368M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€427M
€42M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,740M
€1,288M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,463M
€1,103M
GVA — construction (F)
€863M
€915M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,617M
€1,717M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,600
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,000 PPS
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,600
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€18,609M
€20,203M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,844M
€2,558M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,602M
€37,875M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,358M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€248M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,899M
€2,961M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,597M
€2,445M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,666M
€8,749M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,380
€111,762
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,600M
€2,815M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
108,900
95,500
Self-employed persons
15,900
22,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,000
9,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.4%
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.0%
16.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.4%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
128,500
151,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,701
—
Enterprise births
897
—
Enterprise deaths
597
—
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
48.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.5%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
35.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.0%
95.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
724,183
240,497
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
663 /1k
475 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,204 kt
5,236 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
1,379
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
66 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
448
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
160,504
193,125
Population aged 65+
51,608
65,741
Population aged under 15
38,680
49,007
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
2,149
2,749
Deaths
2,523
3,086
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
59.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
76 /km²
648 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
248,723
293,209
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
6.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
636 /100k
566 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,047 /100k
867 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.4 /100k
44.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
362 /100k
226 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
659 /100k
930 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.046/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
533 m
63 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
2 days/yr