NUTS-3 CZ041 · Czechia
Population
293,1952025
GDP
€5,382M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,308.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CZ041 · EL431
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Karlovarský kraj (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Ηράκλειο (32). Contrarian pick: Ηράκλειο — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Cost advantage (80) · Air quality (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ηράκλειο
Strengths
Demographic outlook (90) · Cost advantage (81)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Karlovarský kraj
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 11) — Ηράκλειο may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Karlovarský kraj · Manufacturing → Karlovarský kraj · Office → Ηράκλειο · Residential → Ηράκλειο.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
43.4
32.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.0
15.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.7
31.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.0
22.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.7
29.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
10.5
17.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.0
60.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
5.3% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
21.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,355
€18,096
Population density
89 /km²
114 /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)
€4,912M
€4,762M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
€298M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,089M
€495M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€859M
€360M
GVA — construction (F)
€251M
€136M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,215M
€1,709M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,900
€12,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,500 PPS
21,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,300
€17,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,471M
€2,427M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,776M
€104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,301M
€4,111M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€601M
€533M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
€96M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€925M
€1,132M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,279M
€993M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,894M
€4,872M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,766
€36,801
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,711M
€1,349M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,450
162,650
Self-employed persons
12,820
50,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,450
9,820
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
72.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.2%
12.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,400
139,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,733
28,597
Enterprise births
2,552
2,429
Enterprise deaths
2,201
820
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.7%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.3%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.0%
28.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.7%
36.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
3.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
17.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.8%
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.1%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,435,214
14,052,273
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
500 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,814 kt
7,939 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,184
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
188,324
192,761
Population aged 65+
63,248
62,763
Population aged under 15
41,623
46,074
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
32.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.4 /1k
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
-0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
1,814
2,544
Deaths
3,401
3,180
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
115 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
198,432
299,129
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
18.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.3 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.3%
12.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
622 /100k
410 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,692 /100k
966 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
286 /100k
213 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
3.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
39.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
222 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
71 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
674 m
476 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
47 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
114 days/yr
4 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr