NUTS-3 AT222 · Austria
Liezen
Liezen generates €3.7bn of GDP across 79.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (84th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser61 → 77 EU percentile since 1995 (+16 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 intensity85
Economic base75
Talent & skills67
Resilience66
Air quality56
Quality of life54
Governance53
Industrial base50
Energy cost49
Labour market44
Demographic outlook40
Digital readiness40
Growth momentum36
Connectivity25
Cost advantage7
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)
38.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36
Livability54.4
Market access44
Economic scale21
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability95
Diversification72
Demographic stability44
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)
24.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access25
Market access44
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)
55.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1015 µg/m³
NO210.1 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)
54.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy84
Jobs42
Education73
Health64.5
Safety38.3
Connectivity22.5
Environment56.5
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
36
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 29.4%Diversified · HHI 2124
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 21.3%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 29.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.6%Public · health · education 18%
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)
€3,689M2023
7.6% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,243M2025
0.5% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Population
79,5792025
0.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
18.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
40,0002023
0.5% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Productivity / employee
€100,3362025
3.8% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Gross value added
€3,317M2023
8.0% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,317M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€146M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€705M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€565M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€976M
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
41,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,200
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
€682M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€597M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,243M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,336
2025 · EU pctl 81
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€942M
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,000
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
5,700
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,900
2023 · EU pctl 17
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
39,000
2025 · EU pctl 8
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,105
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
323
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
229
2023 · EU pctl 7
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 93 · 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)
4,335,198
2025 · EU pctl 85
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
626 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,873 kt
2025 · EU pctl 27
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
49,264
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
19,994
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
10,321
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
586
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
918
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
69,466
2100 · EU pctl 10
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
723 /100k
2024 · 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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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)
1,006 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
138 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 53
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 88
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 62
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