NUTS-3 AT221 · Austria
Population
469,9682025
GDP
€27,719M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,214.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT221 · MT001
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Malta (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Graz (57). Contrarian pick: Graz — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 92).
#1Malta
Strengths
Demographic outlook (97) · Growth momentum (93)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Graz
Strengths
Economic base (92) · Demographic outlook (85)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Malta
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 9) — Graz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Malta 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
57.0
61.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.3
53.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.6
55.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
12.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.3
36.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.5
66.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4
93.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
7.3% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
2.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.6% 5y
8.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€58,981
€41,468
Population density
387 /km²
2,209 /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)
€24,923M
€20,480M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€103M
€100M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,709M
€1,577M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,012M
€1,272M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,420M
€722M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,921M
€6,352M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,700
€21,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,000 PPS
45,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,800
€41,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,264M
€4,280M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,445M
€228M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,076M
€9,681M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€1,670M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€2,623M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,199M
€6,926M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,570M
€4,803M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€24,370M
€19,527M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,920
€73,251
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,074M
€4,184M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
295,900
308,430
Self-employed persons
27,500
41,350
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,200
23,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
9.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.0%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
251,900
317,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
33,165
52,349
Enterprise births
2,203
8,968
Enterprise deaths
1,725
3,384
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
0.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.1%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
37.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.8%
47.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
19.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.4%
22.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.7%
97.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,990,717
10,982,334
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
626 /1k
576 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,531 kt
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
1
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
0
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 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.
13
9
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)
318,525
371,952
Population aged 65+
86,289
96,499
Population aged under 15
65,154
64,546
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
39.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.1%
25.9%
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
19.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
19.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
7.3 /1k
Live births
4,209
4,055
Deaths
4,049
3,839
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.5%
43.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
1.01
Population density (persons per km²)
391 /km²
2,154 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
488,461
668,272
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
19.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
723 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
954 /100k
904 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.5 /100k
46.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
690 /100k
132 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,368 /100k
785 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
21 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
0.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
0.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
0.85
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
0.45
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.93
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.116/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
92 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
33 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
3 days/yr