NUTS-3 AT322 · Austria
Population
173,4042025
GDP
€9,771M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,401.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT322 · CH063
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Schwyz (Opportunity 75). Runner-up: Pinzgau-Pongau (57). Contrarian pick: Pinzgau-Pongau — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Freight intensity (92) · Economic base (89)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Schwyz
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 57) — Pinzgau-Pongau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Schwyz leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
56.7
75.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.0
82.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.0
89.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
83.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.0
74.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
61.0
81.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.8
56.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.5% 5y
10.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,346
€70,996
Population density
39 /km²
186 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,785M
€11,266M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
€66M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,806M
€2,688M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€954M
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GVA — construction (F)
€791M
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GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,340M
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Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,300
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GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,100 PPS
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GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,500
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Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,891M
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Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€886M
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Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,182M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
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€2,077M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
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GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,271M
€717M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,634M
€11,097M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,877
€162,806
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,457M
€3,538M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,000
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Self-employed persons
13,700
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Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,800
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Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.5%
86.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.9%
4.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
91,500
99,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,735
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Enterprise births
766
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Enterprise deaths
576
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3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
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Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
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Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.7%
46.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.0%
49.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
24.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.7%
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.0%
97.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,151,363
828,321
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
607 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,789 kt
8,028 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
39
1,116
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
23
661
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
44 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
111,873
111,293
Population aged 65+
35,422
33,557
Population aged under 15
26,109
24,081
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
30.2%
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.1 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
8.0 /1k
Live births
1,510
1,436
Deaths
1,622
1,345
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
51.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
40 /km²
200 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
167,434
181,299
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.6%
13.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
84.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
10.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
793 /100k
313 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
915 /100k
824 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
200 /100k
186 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.2 /100k
4.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
227 /100k
312 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,244 /100k
680 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M
24 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2.03
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.76
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.78
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
2.09
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
1.03
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
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Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,247 m
1,192 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
168 days/yr
146 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
27 days/yr