NUTS-3 AT211 · Austria
Population
298,7212025
GDP
€16,746M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,030.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT211 · DE94E
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Osnabrück, Landkreis (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Klagenfurt-Villach (57). Contrarian pick: Klagenfurt-Villach — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Economic base (89) · Industrial base (72)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Osnabrück, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Klagenfurt-Villach may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Osnabrück, Landkreis 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
57.3
65.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
64.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.5
58.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
24.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
77.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.8
53.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
5.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,060
€40,240
Population density
147 /km²
168 /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)
€15,057M
€13,042M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
€506M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,472M
€4,035M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,446M
€3,563M
GVA — construction (F)
€842M
€1,057M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,998M
€2,460M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,000 PPS
35,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
€40,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,146M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,987M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,640M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,206M
€2,655M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,449M
€2,329M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,855M
€11,883M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,489
€85,343
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,328M
€3,843M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,100
177,050
Self-employed persons
18,600
14,990
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,500
42,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,100
191,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,494
12,280
Enterprise births
1,316
957
Enterprise deaths
1,110
994
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.0%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
7.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
89.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,999,713
966,991
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
661 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,663 kt
16,978 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13
3,313
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
934
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
190,504
220,743
Population aged 65+
69,344
81,007
Population aged under 15
38,873
53,071
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
46.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
-3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
12.4 /1k
Live births
2,170
3,161
Deaths
3,224
4,395
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
152 /km²
168 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,876
445,094
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
20.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
768 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
953 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
221 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
20.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
538 /100k
197 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,087 /100k
770 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
54 /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)
470 m
74 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
43 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
2 days/yr