NUTS-3 CZ032 · Czechia
Population
614,6402025
GDP
€15,513M2024
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
7,656.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CZ032 · CZ053
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Plzeňský kraj (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Pardubický kraj (53). Contrarian pick: Pardubický kraj — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 91).
Why you might not pick Plzeňský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Pardubický kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Pardubický kraj · Manufacturing → Pardubický kraj · Office → Plzeňský kraj · Residential → Plzeňský 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
59.7
53.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.3
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.1
42.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
41.7
34.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
46.7
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
20.3
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.8
58.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
15.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€25,239
€24,784
Population density
80 /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)
€14,161M
€12,001M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€466M
€409M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,698M
€4,339M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,040M
€3,877M
GVA — construction (F)
€796M
€735M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,727M
€2,225M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,100 PPS
30,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,300
€24,800
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)
€1,678M
€1,386M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€419M
€309M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,777M
€2,204M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,697M
€2,091M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,829M
€10,256M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,853
€55,872
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,165M
€3,366M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,340
251,560
Self-employed persons
40,760
23,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
91,190
79,360
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)
307,200
259,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,474
54,146
Enterprise births
5,130
4,495
Enterprise deaths
3,932
3,483
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.5%
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)
2,218,896
1,430,508
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,616 kt
23,714 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,308
2,304
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).
538
434
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
32
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)
395,427
335,020
Population aged 65+
127,230
112,416
Population aged under 15
91,983
83,033
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
4,569
4,201
Deaths
6,256
5,442
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
646,370
500,883
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
1.1 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.2 /100k
7.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
272 /100k
98.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
214 /100k
154 /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)
433 m
478 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr