NUTS-3 CZ042 · Czechia
Population
808,3562025
GDP
€16,528M2024
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
5,333.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CZ042 · CZ031
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jihočeský kraj (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Ústecký kraj (52). Contrarian pick: Ústecký kraj — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 81).
Strengths
Industrial base (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Jihočeský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Ústecký kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Jihočeský 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
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
51.9
57.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.5
50.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.8
47.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
34.0
51.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
47.7
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
10.5
20.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.6
62.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,446
€23,768
Population density
152 /km²
65 /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)
€15,087M
€14,173M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
€603M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,164M
€4,270M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,956M
€3,033M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,037M
€908M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,897M
€2,740M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,900
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
29,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,400
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,471M
€7,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,776M
€1,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,301M
€14,232M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,610M
€1,825M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€379M
€271M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,453M
€2,717M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,234M
€2,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,958M
€11,839M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,925
€53,294
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,255M
€4,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
346,960
311,460
Self-employed persons
35,560
43,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
93,460
82,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
78.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.2%
9.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
394,700
318,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,904
69,504
Enterprise births
6,870
5,721
Enterprise deaths
5,292
4,696
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.7%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.3%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.0%
24.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.7%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.8%
7.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.1%
97.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,699,249
4,634,309
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
645 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,364 kt
26,357 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,151
3,358
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
13 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
390
514
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
518,221
410,412
Population aged 65+
167,864
142,439
Population aged under 15
122,271
100,376
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.5 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
6,132
5,082
Deaths
9,493
6,938
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
685,919
605,068
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
13.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.3 yrs
80.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.3%
11.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
622 /100k
650 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,692 /100k
1,429 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
286 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.5 /100k
7.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
177 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
70 /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)
353 m
495 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
88 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
3 days/yr