NUTS-3 AT124 · Austria
Waldviertel
Waldviertel generates €8.6bn of GDP across 215.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (82th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser45 → 60 EU percentile since 1995 (+15 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Air quality81
Freight intensity79
Resilience79
Economic base58
Talent & skills57
Quality of life57
Labour market54
Governance53
Industrial base50
Energy cost49
Demographic outlook45
Digital readiness45
Growth momentum42
Connectivity29
Cost advantage3
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.4
Livability56.8
Market access49
Economic scale54
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)
78.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability96
Diversification90
Demographic stability36
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)
28.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density7
Airport access30
Market access49
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012 µg/m³
NO27.5 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)
56.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy77.5
Jobs52
Education58.5
Health46.5
Safety55.3
Connectivity26
Environment82
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
42.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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: Public · health · education · 23.2%Diversified · HHI 1956
Agriculture 5%Industry 21.8%Construction 9.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.4%Public · health · education 23.2%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€8,584M2023
9.1% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,314M2025
0.5% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Population
215,1372025
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Unemployment rate
4.4%2025
4.8% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Employment
97,7002023
1.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Productivity / employee
€94,4502025
3.8% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Gross value added
€7,718M2023
9.4% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,718M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€386M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,684M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,327M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€716M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,491M
2023 · EU pctl 52
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)
35,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,700
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
€1,655M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,787M
2023 · EU pctl 57
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,314M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,450
2025 · EU pctl 74
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,195M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
97,700
2023 · EU pctl 43
Self-employed persons
16,800
2023 · EU pctl 52
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,100
2023 · EU pctl 44
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
107,500
2025 · EU pctl 45
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,998
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise births
759
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
576
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · 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)
1,570,370
2025 · EU pctl 63
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.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,352 kt
2025 · EU pctl 61
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
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)
134,268
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged 65+
52,919
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
27,950
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Crude rate of total population change
-3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
1,566
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
2,686
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
47 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
184,933
2100 · EU pctl 42
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
636 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
309 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
640 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2022 · EU pctl 54
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
2022 · EU pctl 49
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
2022 · EU pctl 88
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
2022 · EU pctl 40
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
2022 · EU pctl 79
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 51
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 35
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
562 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 19
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 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 71
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
25.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 46
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.9%
2021 · EU pctl 73
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