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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,030.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT211 · ES211
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Klagenfurt-Villach (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Araba/Álava (56). Contrarian pick: Araba/Álava — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Economic base (89) · Industrial base (72)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Klagenfurt-Villach
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 7) — Araba/Álava may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Klagenfurt-Villach 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
55.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.5
68.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
24.0
69.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
37.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
88.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.8
48.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
2.3% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,060
€41,205
Population density
147 /km²
112 /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
€12,858M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
€185M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,472M
€4,011M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,446M
€3,807M
GVA — construction (F)
€842M
€627M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,998M
€2,446M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€24,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,000 PPS
46,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
€41,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,146M
€16,022M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,987M
€3,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,640M
€43,785M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,206M
€2,864M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,449M
€2,725M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,855M
€13,170M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,489
€88,967
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,328M
€2,952M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,100
168,600
Self-employed persons
18,600
15,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,500
41,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
74.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
18.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,100
165,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,494
18,794
Enterprise births
1,316
1,391
Enterprise deaths
1,110
1,326
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
2.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.0%
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
68.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
19.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
32.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
89.4%
97.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,999,713
1,447,433
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
661 /1k
478 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,663 kt
22,169 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13
455
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
70 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
133
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
190,504
218,541
Population aged 65+
69,344
78,143
Population aged under 15
38,873
45,277
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
35.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
9.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
12.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
8.9 /1k
Live births
2,170
2,094
Deaths
3,224
3,025
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
152 /km²
113 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,876
316,620
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
14.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
84.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
9.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
768 /100k
327 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
953 /100k
779 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
221 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
59.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
538 /100k
189 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,087 /100k
434 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
21 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
470 m
532 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
25 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
3 days/yr