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NUTS-3 AT333 · Austria
Population
49,0112025
GDP
€2,115M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
2,021.1 km²
NUTS-3 DE233 · Germany
Population
42,4442025
GDP
€2,922M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
70.9 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Osttirol (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt (40). Contrarian pick: Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 95).

Strengths
Freight intensity (91) · Resilience (77)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (95) · Labour market (90)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Osttirol
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: LogisticsWeiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt · ManufacturingOsttirol · OfficeWeiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt · ResidentialOsttirol.
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
41.9
39.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.0
59.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.9
58.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.7
33.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
53.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.0
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.8
27.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.8% 5y
9.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€43,162
€68,834
Population density
24 /km²
598 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,902M
€2,669M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
€6M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€520M
€388M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€465M
€319M
GVA — construction (F)
€138M
€109M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€429M
€748M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,600
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,300 PPS
61,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,300
€69,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,208M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,027M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,187M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€377M
€600M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€405M
€817M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,860M
€2,494M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,648
€78,775
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€568M
€737M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,900
38,650
Self-employed persons
3,800
2,430
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,600
4,640
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.0%
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,600
24,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,029
1,835
Enterprise births
126
116
Enterprise deaths
141
117
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.5%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.4%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
8.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,757,706
76,287
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
551 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,711 kt
1,547 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
285
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
672
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
15 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
80
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)
31,005
27,113
Population aged 65+
10,960
10,005
Population aged under 15
7,046
5,326
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
36.9%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
458
377
Deaths
494
589
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
598 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
45,384
37,962
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.3%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.0%
14.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
601 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
859 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
7.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.1 /100k
28.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
199 /100k
186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
588 /100k
1,164 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
38 /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)
1,911 m
390 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
207 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
3 days/yr