NUTS-3 AT213 · Austria
Population
147,7772025
GDP
€6,529M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,372.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
AT213 · DEB14
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bad Kreuznach (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Unterkärnten (45). Contrarian pick: Unterkärnten — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Freight intensity (93) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bad Kreuznach
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 16) — Unterkärnten may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bad Kreuznach · Manufacturing → Bad Kreuznach · Office → Unterkärnten · Residential → Bad Kreuznach.
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
45.3
56.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.5
73.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.4
54.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
39.0
39.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.7
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.6
50.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
12.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€44,179
€36,252
Population density
44 /km²
191 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,870M
€5,455M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€161M
€86M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,426M
€1,331M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,521M
€1,099M
GVA — construction (F)
€467M
€327M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€850M
€1,115M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,000 PPS
32,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,000
€36,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,146M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,987M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,640M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,084M
€1,207M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€883M
€1,390M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,401M
€5,089M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,391
€82,524
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,687M
€1,304M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,000
76,130
Self-employed persons
10,700
7,010
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,200
12,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
81.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
71,700
86,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,311
5,629
Enterprise births
533
419
Enterprise deaths
398
486
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.2%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.0%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
89.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,632,911
575,841
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
661 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,415 kt
4,608 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
1,135
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
689
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
92,155
101,169
Population aged 65+
36,273
40,675
Population aged under 15
19,349
22,904
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.4%
40.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
1,042
1,222
Deaths
1,643
2,153
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
62.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
191 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
114,017
145,878
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
768 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
953 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
221 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.5 /100k
27.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
188 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
534 /100k
823 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
39 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
529 m
362 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr