NUTS-3 AT130 · Austria
Wien
Wien generates €120bn of GDP across 2m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (10.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader96 → 91 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Economic base92
Digital readiness88
Talent & skills85
Demographic outlook84
Resilience67
Growth momentum62
Connectivity61
Governance53
Quality of life52
Energy cost49
Air quality30
Cost advantage22
Labour market14
Freight intensity10
Industrial base10
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)
69.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.2
Livability51.7
Market access64
Economic scale99
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability68
Diversification17
Demographic stability95
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access87
Market access64
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)
85.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary83
Lifelong learning89
Knowledge workers87
Scientists & engineers82
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1015.7 µg/m³
NO217 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)
51.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85
Jobs10.5
Education88.5
Health44
Safety43
Connectivity60.5
Environment30.7
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
62.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 30.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2562
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 10.6%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 29.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.9%Public · health · education 24.5%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€119,963M2023
8.2% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€108,770M2025
0.5% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Population
2,028,2892025
1.1% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Unemployment rate
9.9%2025
5.3% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
1,127,4002023
1.8% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Productivity / employee
€113,7882025
3.8% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Gross value added
€107,861M2023
8.6% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€107,861M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€71M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,434M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,799M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€4,678M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€31,947M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,200
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€60,200
2023 · EU pctl 92
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€28,377M
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,004M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€62,600M
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€33,331M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€26,401M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€108,770M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,788
2025 · EU pctl 91
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€29,022M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,127,400
2023 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
114,100
2023 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
59,200
2023 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,055,700
2025 · EU pctl 99
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
144,099
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
9,619
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
8,358
2023 · EU pctl 95
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.3%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
30.6%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.1%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,500,454
2025 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
363 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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.
4,207
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,563 kt
2025 · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
207
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
109 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
1,401,288
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
334,230
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
292,771
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 3
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.9%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Live births
19,070
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
16,917
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.7%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
5,094 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 99
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,359,096
2100 · EU pctl 99
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
654 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,016 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
83.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,644 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,039 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
10 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · 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)
156 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
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).
61
2024 · EU pctl 79
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
28.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
14.3%
2021 · EU pctl 93
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