NUTS-3 AT113 · Austria
Südburgenland
Export region data (CSV)Südburgenland generates €3.3bn of GDP across 98.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (68th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (24th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.8
Livability45.9
Market access43
Economic scale17
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
81.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability92
Diversification83
Demographic stability60
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
39
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access35
Market access43
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
55.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning68
Knowledge workers44
Scientists & engineers50
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
23
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1018.9 µg/m³
NO217.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
45.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs38
Education31
Health49
Safety45
Connectivity68
Environment24
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
33.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2046
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 14.9%Construction 12.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.7%Public · health · education 27.5%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,929M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€81M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€435M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€358M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — construction (F)
€358M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€615M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,200
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,100
2023 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,033M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€256M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€5,433M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€635M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€806M
2023 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,800
2023 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
6,400
2023 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,900
2023 · EU pctl 15
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,675
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
370
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
291
2023 · EU pctl 13
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 29
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
58 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 41
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.2%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
948,368
2025 · EU pctl 52
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
692 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
60,500
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
25,716
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
12,025
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
584
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
1,244
2024 · EU pctl 13
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 26
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
539 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,024 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
215 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
538 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
285 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 76
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 76
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
43
2024 · EU pctl 5
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