NUTS-3 AT226 · Austria
Westliche Obersteiermark
Export region data (CSV)Westliche Obersteiermark generates €4.1bn of GDP across 98.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (78.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (40th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.6
Livability59.7
Market access43
Economic scale24
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability38
Labour stability95
Diversification69
Demographic stability34
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)
42.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access42
Market access43
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)
49.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1016.1 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
59.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy78.5
Jobs42
Education73
Health64.5
Safety69.3
Connectivity40
Environment50.5
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
35.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 31.5%Diversified · HHI 2142
Agriculture 4.9%Industry 31.5%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.8%Public · health · education 20.5%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,681M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€180M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,160M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€976M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€677M
2023 · EU pctl 24
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)
36,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,400
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
€657M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€756M
2023 · EU pctl 20
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,500
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
6,500
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,100
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
5,328
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise births
336
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise deaths
236
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 5
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
19
2012 · EU pctl 53
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
182 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 71
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)
1,483,584
2025 · EU pctl 62
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
626 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
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)
60,502
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
25,253
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged under 15
12,659
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
748
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
1,343
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
499 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,095 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
155 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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 62
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
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 89
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Austria regions