NUTS-3 CZ042 · Czechia
Population
808,3562025
GDP
€16,528M2024
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
5,333.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CZ042 · LT022
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ústecký kraj (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Kauno apskritis (52). Contrarian pick: Kauno apskritis — leads the set on Growth momentum (EU pctl 81).
Strengths
Industrial base (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Growth momentum (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ústecký kraj
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 11) — Kauno apskritis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ústecký kraj · Manufacturing → Kauno apskritis · Office → Kauno apskritis · Residential → Kauno apskritis.
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
51.9
51.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.5
46.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.8
32.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
34.0
29.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
47.7
58.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
10.5
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.6
81.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
2.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,446
€26,988
Population density
152 /km²
73 /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)
€15,087M
€14,200M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
€283M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,164M
€2,957M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,956M
€2,699M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,037M
€1,270M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,897M
€4,865M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,900
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
34,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,400
€27,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,471M
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,776M
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,301M
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,610M
€974M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€379M
€544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,453M
€2,226M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,234M
€2,599M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,958M
€11,938M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,925
€53,826
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,255M
€4,158M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
346,960
316,480
Self-employed persons
35,560
36,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
93,460
56,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.2%
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
394,700
307,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,904
74,050
Enterprise births
6,870
14,697
Enterprise deaths
5,292
11,976
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.7%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.3%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.0%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.7%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.8%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.1%
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,699,249
1,485,242
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,364 kt
11,402 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,151
2,845
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
390
484
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
5
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
518,221
379,049
Population aged 65+
167,864
123,890
Population aged under 15
122,271
84,572
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
32.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.5 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
12.5 /1k
Live births
6,132
4,240
Deaths
9,493
7,330
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
55.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
75 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
685,919
341,663
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.3 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.3%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
622 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,692 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
286 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.5 /100k
11.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
23.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
480 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
353 m
96 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
101 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
3 days/yr