NUTS-3 AT225 · Austria
West- und Südsteiermark
Export region data (CSV)West- und Südsteiermark generates €7.7bn of GDP across 200.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (73.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability51.9
Market access44
Economic scale49
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)
73.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability95
Diversification57
Demographic stability75
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access86
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)
29
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.6 µg/m³
PM1019.1 µg/m³
NO212.7 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)
51.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs42
Education73
Health64.5
Safety57.3
Connectivity23
Environment30
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 33.1%Diversified · HHI 2209
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 33.1%Construction 9.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 16.1%
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)
€6,896M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€211M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,283M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,559M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — construction (F)
€637M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,123M
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
34,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
€1,531M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,112M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
83,200
2023 · EU pctl 37
Self-employed persons
14,200
2023 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,900
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
12,445
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
843
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise deaths
611
2023 · EU pctl 34
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
29
2012 · EU pctl 64
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
151 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 65
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)
756,298
2025 · EU pctl 44
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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
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.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
127,215
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged 65+
46,620
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
26,381
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
1,407
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
2,146
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
458 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
607 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 77
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 52
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 41
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