NUTS-3 AT213 · Austria
Unterkärnten
Unterkärnten generates €6.5bn of GDP across 147.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.3/100 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 (6.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser43 → 70 EU percentile since 1995 (+27 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)
Freight intensity93
Industrial base80
Economic base70
Talent & skills60
Governance53
Growth momentum53
Energy cost49
Quality of life47
Resilience47
Connectivity40
Air quality39
Labour market33
Demographic outlook18
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)
45.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability47.4
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)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
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)
47.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80
Jobs38.5
Education69.5
Health63
Safety35.3
Connectivity6.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€6,529M2023
8.0% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,401M2025
0.5% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Population
147,7772025
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
14.0% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
65,0002023
0.8% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Productivity / employee
€104,3912025
3.8% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Gross value added
€5,870M2023
8.4% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
All indicators · 86 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,401M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,391
2025 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,687M
2025 · EU pctl 47
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
71,700
2025 · EU pctl 27
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
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)
1,632,911
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
661 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,415 kt
2025 · EU pctl 56
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 6
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
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 34
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
114,017
2100 · EU pctl 23
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
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
24.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.4%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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