NUTS-3 AT221 · Austria
Graz
Export region data (CSV)Graz generates €28bn of GDP across 470k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (12.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
57
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.4
Livability48.7
Market access46
Economic scale88
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)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability95
Diversification48
Demographic stability92
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access94
Market access46
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)
66.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary63
Lifelong learning78
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers72
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)
12.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.515.7 µg/m³
PM1021.3 µg/m³
NO219.2 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)
48.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs42
Education73
Health64.5
Safety33.3
Connectivity23
Environment12.7
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
45.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.6 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: Public · health · education · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2261
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 22.9%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 26.4%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,923M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€103M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,709M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,012M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€1,420M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,921M
2023 · EU pctl 86
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,700
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,800
2023 · EU pctl 92
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€15,264M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,445M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,076M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,199M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,570M
2023 · EU pctl 91
Labour market
Employment, total persons
295,900
2023 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
27,500
2023 · EU pctl 68
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,200
2023 · EU pctl 85
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
33,165
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,203
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,725
2023 · EU pctl 65
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
144
2012 · EU pctl 95
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
356 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 91
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.4%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.3%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.7%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,990,717
2025 · EU pctl 69
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
626 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · 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.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
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)
318,525
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
86,289
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
65,154
2025 · EU pctl 74
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 9
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.1%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
4,209
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
4,049
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.5%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
391 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 80
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
729 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
954 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
690 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,368 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 84
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 85
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 26
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