NUTS-3 CZ020 · Czechia
Population
1,466,2152025
GDP
€39,719M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
1.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,931.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CZ020 · BG411
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Středočeský kraj (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: София (столица) (61). Contrarian pick: София (столица) — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Economic base (94) · Cost advantage (87)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Středočeský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 30) — София (столица) may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Středočeský kraj · Manufacturing → Středočeský kraj · Office → София (столица) · Residential → София (столица).
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
66.4
61.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.8
37.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.7
44.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
33.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.0
53.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.3
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
73.0
80.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
5.2% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
11.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,090
€35,289
Population density
134 /km²
965 /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)
€36,257M
€39,899M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€807M
€35M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€12,935M
€3,283M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,782M
€2,694M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,624M
€1,906M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,740M
€17,120M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,200
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
57,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,200
€35,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,618M
€9,359M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,435M
€686M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,003M
€21,611M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,152M
€1,997M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€676M
€6,818M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,158M
€11,687M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,992M
€5,868M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,954M
€34,025M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€67,989
€39,921
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€11,431M
€10,622M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
624,550
991,080
Self-employed persons
116,840
111,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
179,010
77,180
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.1%
6.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.5%
1.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
720,700
676,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
167,850
124,186
Enterprise births
14,783
13,578
Enterprise deaths
10,882
24,345
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.2%
10.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.4%
44.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.6%
48.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.9%
5.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.5%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.7%
95.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,165,017
2,267,902
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
609 /1k
525 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
75,295 kt
20,419 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,408
3,454
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
36 km/1000km²
15 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
369
267
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
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)
939,165
857,141
Population aged 65+
275,321
248,977
Population aged under 15
251,729
189,813
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
7.0 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
11.3 /1k
Live births
10,981
12,025
Deaths
13,754
14,564
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
51.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²
989 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,627,919
1,194,114
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
11.2%
19.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.2 yrs
77.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.9%
13.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
474 /100k
792 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,450 /100k
2,069 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
255 /100k
194 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.9 /100k
26.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
91.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
591 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
40 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
-0.07
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
0.25
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
-0.10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
-0.14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
0.33
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
€0.135/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.041/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
396 m
602 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr