NUTS-3 AT211 · Austria
Klagenfurt-Villach
Klagenfurt-Villach generates €17bn of GDP across 298.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader85 → 86 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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 base89
Industrial base72
Resilience70
Growth momentum64
Talent & skills60
Governance53
Freight intensity51
Energy cost49
Quality of life49
Connectivity44
Demographic outlook42
Labour market33
Air quality24
Cost advantage10
Digital readiness7
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)
57.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.8
Livability48.5
Market access40
Economic scale77
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)
69.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability89
Diversification44
Demographic stability82
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access83
Market access40
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary57
Lifelong learning73
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers57
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)
24
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.8 µg/m³
PM1017.4 µg/m³
NO217.7 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)
48.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89.5
Jobs38.5
Education69.5
Health63
Safety45.3
Connectivity8.5
Environment25
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
63.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 29.7%Diversified · HHI 2288
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 29.7%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.3%Public · health · education 22.9%
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)
€16,746M2023
10.7% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,855M2025
0.5% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
298,7212025
0.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
11.6% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
156,1002023
0.9% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€111,4892025
3.8% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Gross value added
€15,057M2023
11.1% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,057M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,472M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,446M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€842M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,998M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,100
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
2023 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,146M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,987M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,640M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,206M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,449M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,855M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,489
2025 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,328M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,100
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
18,600
2023 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,500
2023 · EU pctl 55
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.6%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,100
2025 · EU pctl 59
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,494
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
1,316
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,110
2023 · EU pctl 53
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · 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)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
89.4%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,999,713
2025 · EU pctl 83
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
661 /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.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,663 kt
2025 · EU pctl 58
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
190,504
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged 65+
69,344
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged under 15
38,873
2025 · EU pctl 54
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
2,170
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
3,224
2024 · EU pctl 54
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
152 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 56
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,876
2100 · EU pctl 57
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
768 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
953 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
221 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
538 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,087 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
470 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 74
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
29.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.5%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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