NUTS-3 AT223 · Austria
Östliche Obersteiermark
Östliche Obersteiermark generates €7.6bn of GDP across 156.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (86th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (24th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser62 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (+19 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)
Industrial base95
Freight intensity90
Economic base79
Talent & skills67
Governance53
Quality of life52
Energy cost49
Labour market44
Resilience44
Digital readiness40
Air quality33
Connectivity31
Growth momentum24
Demographic outlook13
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)
42.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.8
Livability51.6
Market access46
Economic scale48
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)
43.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability95
Diversification19
Demographic stability29
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access40
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)
32.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1017.5 µg/m³
NO213.5 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)
51.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy86
Jobs42
Education73
Health64.5
Safety38.3
Connectivity24
Environment33.7
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
23.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Industry · 40.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2529
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 40.1%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.2%Public · health · education 18.7%
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)
€7,564M2023
6.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,650M2025
0.5% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Population
156,1482025
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Unemployment rate
5.0%2025
11.1% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Employment
74,2002023
0.8% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Productivity / employee
€110,9282025
3.8% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Gross value added
€6,801M2023
6.7% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,801M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,729M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,432M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — construction (F)
€450M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,094M
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
42,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 79
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,000
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
€1,099M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,273M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,650M
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€110,928
2025 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,930M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,200
2023 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
7,400
2023 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,100
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,700
2025 · EU pctl 29
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,681
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
479
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
425
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.2%
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)
709,455
2025 · EU pctl 42
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
626 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,446 kt
2025 · EU pctl 57
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
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.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
95,740
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
41,560
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
18,848
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
1,035
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
2,041
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
49 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
118,359
2100 · EU pctl 24
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 78
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
348 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
731 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
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)
693 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 70
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 56
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 65
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
37.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 60
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.1%
2021 · EU pctl 89
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