NUTS-3 AT211 · Austria
Klagenfurt-Villach
Export region data (CSV)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 (9th).
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density11
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
Connectivity9
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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
39
2012 · EU pctl 71
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
142 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 63
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
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 10
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
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 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
751 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 92 · 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
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
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