NUTS-3 AT313 · Austria
Mühlviertel
Export region data (CSV)Mühlviertel generates €7.7bn of GDP across 215k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (93.7th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (22.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability60.6
Market access49
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)
83.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability92
Diversification86
Demographic stability72
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density2
Airport access66
Market access49
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary48
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers37
Scientists & engineers71
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)
92.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.2 µg/m³
PM109.7 µg/m³
NO23.1 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)
60.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs55
Education68.5
Health61.5
Safety53.7
Connectivity22.5
Environment93.7
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2016
Agriculture 4.1%Industry 27.5%Construction 11.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.5%Public · health · education 15.9%
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)
€6,926M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,905M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,447M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€802M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,203M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 45
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
2023 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,073M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,866M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€40,429M
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,631M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,101M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
81,600
2023 · EU pctl 36
Self-employed persons
14,200
2023 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,600
2023 · EU pctl 48
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.2%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.5%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,283
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
678
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
537
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 2
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
31
2012 · EU pctl 66
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
153 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 65
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
965,103
2025 · EU pctl 53
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
645 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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.
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 2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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)
137,803
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
42,856
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
34,357
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
1,964
2024 · EU pctl 53
Deaths
1,914
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 33
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.6%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
622 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
987 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
218 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
143 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
314 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
782 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
112 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 5
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 3
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
76
2024 · EU pctl 98
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