NUTS-3 AT213 · Austria
Unterkärnten
Export region data (CSV)Unterkärnten generates €6.5bn of GDP across 147.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (80th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (6th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability47.3
Market access39
Economic scale42
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)
46.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability89
Diversification17
Demographic stability37
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access74
Market access39
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.7 µg/m³
PM1015.5 µg/m³
NO212 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)
47.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80
Jobs38.5
Education69.5
Health63
Safety35.3
Connectivity6
Environment39
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 41.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2556
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 41.3%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 14.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.5%Public · health · education 15%
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)
€5,870M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€161M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,426M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,521M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€467M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€850M
2023 · EU pctl 30
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)
39,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,000
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
€1,084M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€883M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,000
2023 · EU pctl 26
Self-employed persons
10,700
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,200
2023 · EU pctl 44
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.6%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,311
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
533
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
398
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 2
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
9
2012 · EU pctl 37
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
57 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 40
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)
1,632,911
2025 · EU pctl 64
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.
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 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
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)
92,155
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
36,273
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
19,349
2025 · EU pctl 27
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
1,042
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
1,643
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
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
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
534 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
529 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
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 58
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 47
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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