NUTS-3 AT122 · Austria
Niederösterreich-Süd
Export region data (CSV)Niederösterreich-Süd generates €10bn of GDP across 268.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (74.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (24th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.8
Livability49.7
Market access50
Economic scale59
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability96
Diversification75
Demographic stability75
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density3
Airport access40
Market access50
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary44
Lifelong learning69
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers61
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1014.9 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
49.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy74.5
Jobs52
Education58.5
Health46.5
Safety28
Connectivity24
Environment64.5
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
39.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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: Industry · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2111
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 26.4%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 18.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 23.7%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,036M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€198M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,390M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,142M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€753M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,677M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,600
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
2023 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€18,609M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,844M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€35,602M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,879M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,139M
2023 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,200
2023 · EU pctl 48
Self-employed persons
14,800
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,900
2023 · EU pctl 59
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,442
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
975
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
771
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 4
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
28
2012 · EU pctl 64
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
112 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 56
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,161,409
2025 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
663 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
171,743
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
57,984
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
38,371
2025 · EU pctl 54
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
2,149
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
3,026
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
647 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,047 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
805 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,141 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
669 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
100 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 52
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
71
2024 · EU pctl 96
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