NUTS-3 CZ041 · Czechia
Population
293,1952025
GDP
€5,382M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,308.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CZ041 · HU322
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Karlovarský kraj (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (37). Contrarian pick: Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Cost advantage (80) · Air quality (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Industrial base (92)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Karlovarský kraj
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 11) — Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Karlovarský kraj 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
43.4
36.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.0
26.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.7
24.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.7
33.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
10.5
23.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.0
67.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
5.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,355
€13,784
Population density
89 /km²
63 /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)
€4,912M
€4,142M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
€277M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,089M
€1,464M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€859M
€1,386M
GVA — construction (F)
€251M
€216M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,215M
€635M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,900
€9,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,500 PPS
19,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,300
€13,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,471M
€7,214M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,776M
€3,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,301M
€7,834M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€601M
€306M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
€42M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€925M
€560M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,279M
€991M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,894M
€3,638M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,766
€42,042
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,711M
€1,696M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,450
121,190
Self-employed persons
12,820
12,130
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,450
37,370
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
77.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.2%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,400
170,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,733
34,163
Enterprise births
2,552
3,225
Enterprise deaths
2,201
946
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.7%
4.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.3%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.0%
23.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.7%
26.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
17.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.8%
6.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.1%
91.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,435,214
519,427
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
395 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,814 kt
6,037 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,184
1,611
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
15 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
461
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
88
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)
188,324
221,146
Population aged 65+
63,248
76,299
Population aged under 15
41,623
52,281
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
45.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.4 /1k
-10.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
-3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
15.8 /1k
Live births
1,814
2,930
Deaths
3,401
5,548
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
58.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
64 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
198,432
293,508
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
28.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.3 yrs
75.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.3%
22.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
622 /100k
603 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,692 /100k
1,761 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
286 /100k
335 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
10.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
1,044 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
60 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
0.66
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
0.29
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.24
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.04
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
0.67
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
€0.171/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
674 m
87 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
33 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
114 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr