NUTS-3 CZ031 · Czechia
Population
653,2272025
GDP
€15,526M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,055.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CZ031 · CZ052
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jihočeský kraj (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Královéhradecký kraj (52). Contrarian pick: Královéhradecký kraj — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 89).
Why you might not pick Jihočeský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Královéhradecký kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Jihočeský kraj · Manufacturing → Královéhradecký kraj · Office → Jihočeský kraj · Residential → Jihočeský kraj.
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
57.8
52.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.3
39.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.4
43.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.0
47.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.7
52.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
20.3
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.6
53.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.3% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,768
€25,484
Population density
65 /km²
117 /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)
€14,173M
€12,932M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€603M
€459M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,270M
€4,496M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,033M
€3,919M
GVA — construction (F)
€908M
€650M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,740M
€2,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,200 PPS
31,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,741M
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,378M
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,232M
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,825M
€1,521M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€271M
€360M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,717M
€2,502M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,935M
€2,537M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,839M
€11,051M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,294
€58,199
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,169M
€3,627M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
311,460
260,240
Self-employed persons
43,020
24,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
82,880
80,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.1%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.0%
12.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.2%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
318,800
268,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,504
59,589
Enterprise births
5,721
4,586
Enterprise deaths
4,696
3,859
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.3%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.0%
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.6%
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
6.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.0%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,634,309
4,641,925
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,357 kt
21,955 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,358
2,547
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
13 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
514
458
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
410,412
346,214
Population aged 65+
142,439
126,020
Population aged under 15
100,376
83,689
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
5,082
4,142
Deaths
6,938
5,882
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
605,068
467,241
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.3 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.7%
10.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
650 /100k
609 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,429 /100k
1,440 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
241 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.9 /100k
7.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
200 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
70 /M
44 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
495 m
369 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
95 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr