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NUTS-3 CZ031 · Czechia

Jihočeský kraj

Population

653,2272025

GDP

€15,526M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

2.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

83.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

10,055.9 km²

NUTS-3 CZ032 · Czechia

Plzeňský kraj

Population

614,6402025

GDP

€15,513M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

2.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

83.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

7,656.3 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Plzeňský kraj (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Jihočeský kraj (58).

#1Plzeňský kraj

Strengths

Industrial base (85) · Labour market (84)

No red flags

#2Jihočeský kraj

Strengths

Labour market (84) · Cost advantage (76)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Plzeňský kraj

Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Jihočeský kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Jihočeský kraj · Manufacturing → Plzeňský kraj · Office → Jihočeský kraj · Residential → Plzeňský kraj.

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

57.8

59.7

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

50.3

52.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

47.4

46.1

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

51.0

41.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

64.7

46.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

20.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

62.6

67.8

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

1.6% 5y

2.1% 5y

Population

0.3% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

5.3% 5y

0.0% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€23,768

€25,239

Population density

65 /km²

80 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€14,173M

€14,161M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€603M

€466M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€4,270M

€4,698M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€3,033M

€4,040M

GVA — construction (F)

€908M

€796M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€2,740M

€2,727M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€15,300

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

29,200 PPS

31,100 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€23,800

€25,300

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€7,741M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,378M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€14,232M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€1,825M

€1,678M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€271M

€419M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€2,717M

€2,777M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€2,935M

€2,697M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€11,839M

€11,829M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€53,294

€54,853

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€4,169M

€4,165M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

311,460

302,340

Self-employed persons

43,020

40,760

Employment in manufacturing (C)

82,880

91,190

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

78.1%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

9.0%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

2.2%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

318,800

307,200

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

69,504

59,474

Enterprise births

5,721

5,130

Enterprise deaths

4,696

3,932

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.4%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.3%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

3.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.0%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

24.0%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

29.6%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

8.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

17.4%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

7.4%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

97.0%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

4,634,309

2,218,896

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

645 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

26,357 kt

24,616 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

3,358

3,308

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

13 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

514

538

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

410,412

395,427

Population aged 65+

142,439

127,230

Population aged under 15

100,376

91,983

Median age of population

45.1 yrs

44.3 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

34.7%

32.2%

Crude rate of total population change

-2.0 /1k

2.1 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

0.9 /1k

4.8 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.8 /1k

7.4 /1k

Crude death rate

10.6 /1k

10.2 /1k

Live births

5,082

4,569

Deaths

6,938

6,256

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

59.2%

55.4%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.43

1.31

Population density (persons per km²)

68 /km²

82 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

605,068

646,370

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

13.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.3 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

11.7%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

650 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,429 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

251 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.9 /100k

1.1 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

7.9 /100k

13.2 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

122 /100k

272 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

177 /100k

214 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

70 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.20

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.33

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.14

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.80

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

1.00

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.146/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

495 m

433 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

7 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

88 days/yr

96 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

3 days/yr

2 days/yr